It is still linked by people on purpose because untruth is useful for them and it still has purpose in convincing people of a lie.
I have no doubt there would be a large percentage of people who read those biased articles, see the official looking/sounding journal article, and conclude “Well, there is a study...”
It promotes the big lies told by the authorities during the “crisis”. It is the lie that is going around the world while the truth is putting its pants on.
Yes, and you will find a large number of those people among journalists in the MSM, and "fact checkers" on "social media" - I would suggest that critical thinking is not the most highly rated skill among those persons.
What’s written is far more convincing than what’s spoken especially when appearing in the vaunted journals.