Seems to me he's trying to make the news easier to find and also the comments, which often have good links in them, but who wants to hunt through all the posts trying to round up those of the same name to see which one had that link. It's a pretty specific request for a courtesy. You are making a dismissive attack on his personality as well as overstating his intent, under the unassailable premise of "muh free speech." That is the familiar scenario.