> how did I misstate your position?

Straw-man and now gas-lighting. Obviously I wouldn't have the same opinion about a classic novel (however flowery prose is a problem in a many novels) as I do about throwaway news "stories" written by a copy writer that wants to make use of their English degree. Pretending someone would (without any evidence to the contrary) is a disingenuous tactic to make people shut-up. I've had this done to me in person.

> there was tons of news rehashing facts of what happened (phones banned yadda yadda), why not just read that instead if you want it

If they hadn't have used the story like prose I may have read the rest of it! That is my and the OP's entire complaint.

I think we will leave it there.

> Straw-man and now gas-lighting.

Indeed.

> If they hadn't have used the story like prose I may have read the rest of it!

So you didn't read it? How far did you make it? I swear there is an underlined link to another article about the ban somewhere in first paragraph. If you follow that link, there's a handy sidebar appears with details about the ban. Yay technology)

> throwaway news "stories" written by a copy writer that wants to make use of their English degree

Personal attacks on people who can write? let's goo!