Here's a recent answer about this:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43092856.

and here's one of many answers I've been posting in recent weeks to users who have the opposite perception, that the political stories are being unfairly suppressed:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42978389

Between those two coconut halves I hope there's a fairly complete coconut, but if you (or anyone) still have a question, let me know!