Hmm I generally never focus on left vs right stuff, but in this case I doubt it was a partisan thing, it seems like it was a status-quo demonization for crypto.

As in the ratings, the critics only gave it a 2 out of 10 while random voters (which could perfectly be paid chills as you say, or even automated bots who knows, that's a perfectly a plausible possibility) and even by those standards it got only 6.

P.S:

"What we are about to see is a fan made site that will... basically, you find critics that you like, and follow them."

Do you mean in general? Or a specific website launching soon? That would be interesting.