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.
theguardian.com works just fine without allowing javascript to run at all, and don’t seem to load the trackers if you deny cookies. I did get a page popup where they pleaded but didn’t force me to subscribe if I allowed the optout domain to run javascript.