[sl4yerr]

I'd like to discuss how so many NYTimes and WSJ articles (mostly mediocre) keep showing up on the front page of HN.

Maybe it's time to upgrade the intelligence that's monitoring for ballot-stuffing.

[kenrikm]

I would hypothesize that It's because they are easy to find/submit. It's a lot more work to go to some obscure blog and find some really great article then it is to open up news.google.com find a top trending story and submit it.