I think Matt Marrone, aside from being a marrone, is also some sort of journalist and we all know that journalists usually do not let facts stand in the way of an agenda. So, at least he is writing from his level of experience.
All journalists today are "some sort of journalist"--in other words, they're not JOURNALISTS, end of sentence, but op-ed-writers-in-waiting, or Democrat spokespersons in waiting, or "Opinionators". Whatever happened to just plain journalists?
Of course, the answer is "Woodward and Bernstein." Journalists today aren't content to just report facts. They want to be celebs, they want people to listen to what they say and follow their lead.