[philman_36]

And the person you’re replying to did not say it was “reporting”, but “writ(ing) stuff like this”.

Here is what was written...Anyone who works for the press who writes stuff like this is a fool.

Opinion writers usually aren't paid employees and it applies in this instance.

[Olog-hai]

“(W)ork(ing) for the press” can mean either reporting or opining. Does not make those who “write stuff like this” any less foolish.

Opinion writers can and do get paid by the newspaper; they are not always guest writers, and can be the paper’s editorial board.