I found the old comments useful.
When I read a news article ANYWHERE, there's a good chance it is slanted some way or another politically these days. When I read an article on Yahoo then I could read the comments and there would surely be people who held very much opposed opinions venting their feelings on the subject. Even though some might be over the top, I liked to think they gave the subject a bit of counterbalance where I might get a feel of where the truth might actually lie. Sometimes a rant opposing would even to my eye give a written article validity it was lacking by itself. Because sometimes when what you say upsets certain people, it means you are saying the right things.
IE, I really do miss the comments.