I think those websites are over using trackers in their websites for extra profit with no care for the privacy of their users, I highly recommend avoiding them.
For comparsion:
- Associated Press(AP).
- Al Jazeera.
- ABC.
- BBC.
- CBC.
- DW.
- France24.
- Sky News.
- The Register.
- Tech Policy Press.
Update: added Wired and more websites for comparison.
Worse than Sky!?
I can only guess that Comcast run their own tracking across all of their properties. That might be true of a the rest of them as well. It’s hard to tell from this who’s worse.
The only real solution is to just block all trackers and third-party cookies.