They don't want to offend the kill-billies who may buy their papers before going out and shooting people in a Wal-Mart. I want to offend them, though! They very much deserve it!
Objectivity is overrated. “I think this is bad because of this reason. Also, here are my credentials as a scholar of the bad thing” is subjective, but a lot more informative that a dry recitations of objective facts I can’t place in a context.