[cgriswald]

I don’t disagree with your point about those things being a problem, but I think GP’s interpretation of this article is correct:

> This power goes to the core of journalism’s public service, namely its capacity and obligation to artfully, eloquently, and intentionally use language to create and debate the ground truths that anchor shared social realities.

They are upset at being potentially replaced as one of the “few powerful” who get to create fundamental truths. These authors seem to really think controlling thought is the job, which seems pretty anti-freedom to me.