The press is a deeply flawed institution. The idea that what the press needs to become less flawed is to be more controlled by the subjects of their reporting is, frankly, idiotic. It's genuinely the stupidest thing I've heard this week.
I have no particular bone to pick with the FDA. I neither revere nor hate it. I don't want to defund it, but neither do I think it is above all reproach, nor that it is above trying to make itself look better than it is. But this isn't really about the FDA in particular, but about the general relationship of the subjects of reporting with the press in general, and particularly about the relationship of the government with the press.
Having as reliable as possible information about what our own government is doing is a bedrock foundation of a functioning democracy. We should be doing what we can to make sure that we get that information, not celebrating the government's attempts to manipulate the press. The certainly does not preclude criticizing the press for their many failures, but it does mean supporting them when they do the right thing, as the Scientific American is here.
PS: As far as the general sentiments of the alt-right go, the alt-right is defined by a belief that we should have a more authoritarian government that maintains order and ignores democracy. Guess who sounds kind of alt-right-ish in this conversation?