Article, Comments. What do you read first?

I sometimes find myself pondering if I should read a submission's article or comments first. The tradeoffs, as I see them, are:

Read article first, pro: when comments refer to the article I know what they're talking about. Read article first, con: If the comments point out it's a worthless/biased/shitty article, I may just have wasted my time reading it. Read comments first, pro: I might save reading a shitty article. Read comments first, con: The comments might skew my view of the article, I might have less independence.

What's your opinion on the matter?