Misinfo? I'm talking about opinion pieces. "Israel has a right to defend itself" isn't strictly misinfo, but it is, arguably, an opinion. And you're correct. They're not only used for opinion laundering - they also appear to be a sort of make-work program.
And I don't know what conversation your tangent on what you're reminded of comes from, but it's not the one we're having.
You should. Arguably, you should nail the to the cross for opinion pieces more, because opinion pieces exist to launder articles that the paper can't reasonably justify publishing... but still really wants to publish.
On the contrary, the best part about it is that it's not a compilation of references the audience is supposed to already know about. It's just a fun adventure movie. The reason the RPG crowd sing it praises is that in addition, if you know how to read it, the actual plot is "girlfriend is curious about what we're all doing every Tuesday evening"
Eh, it works for what it is. The whole plane is basically a manned stage-1 of an AA missile.