The problem isn’t that journalists don’t have what it takes to do that, the problem is that those people have been steadily resigning in protest or burning out for a while and eventually they’re all replaced.

Why would you be surprised? Something similar is written in every single Washington Post article that touches an Amazon or Amazon-related property.

It's called "disclosure" and is Journalism 101m and not disclosing is a firing offense. It's one of the major differences between legitimate journalism and internet randos cosplaying journalists.