I use an iPhone and speak from experience. It's a large, thin, glass-backed slab of... well, glass. It's already so cumbersome and slippery to hold that I had to put it in a grippy case just so I felt like I had some security when holding the damn thing. Thinner bezels just means even further reduced finger-hold locations.
The news sites can cover whatever they want. If their readers consume it, great - they’re writing to audience. Doesn’t mean we can’t criticize it when it gets posted here.