[Doctor_Fegg]

Everything on the web can be commented on. Post the URL to Reddit, Twitter, wherever. Add your comments underneath. There you go, conversation started.

That doesn't mean that the publisher has to host your opinions on their site. It's their site, they choose what to put on it. They're under no obligation to amplify your opinions.

[datavirtue]

I didn't say they were under any obligation. Your strawman is all wet.

[bobthepanda]

So, every piece of journalism can have value if it can be commented on some place on the internet, which is pretty much anything with a URL.