He refuses to post links and has said that this is because the stories might mention names and he prefers to te3llus to go hunt for the stories on our own.

Hard to say. Information isa good thing and he does provide that.  Personally I am a bit troubled by the way he presents (omitting some details etc) and the fact that in SOME cases he draws conclusion from the data that we cannot verify.

In this case though there are no inferences drawn. It is sort of like an adult services box score.  I am not sure how useful that is but no one foces us to read it.