The comments in this topic (which is currently the top topic on all of reddit) are an example of why I think the place is a right-wing cesspool.
r/videos is famous for being a cesspool, yes. But what you would see in news comments is even worse.
Yeah, it's pretty shocking how right-wing news and videos are. From what I've read they are regularly brigaded by white nationalist sites, though obviously that doesn't explain all of it.
I was actually referring to news websites' comment sections (Politico and Yahoo News being among the worst offenders), but r/news is obviously also trash. The only default sub worth a damn is the one with cute puppies and kittens.