  The two papers referred to in the title, claiming the detection of a
large-scale massive hot gaseous halo around the Galaxy, have generated a lot of
confusion and unwarranted excitement (including public news coverage). However,
the papers are seriously flawed in many aspects, including problematic analysis
and assumptions, as well as mis-reading and mis-interpreting earlier studies,
which are inconsistent with the claim. Here we show examples of such flaws.
