I fail to see any connections between this piece and Reaction, even tenuous ones.

Also, what would define a "leftist reactionary" anyway? An opposition to social conservatism? That's already the left's stance.

> is it fine for me to start referring to this kind of writing as "reactionary"

I really don't understand what's wrong with asking journalists to do their damn jobs and spend even a tiny amount of time checking the validity of what the people they're quoting are saying. Don't remove their statement, just point at the various potential ways they're misleading/wrong.

Journalists better start doing this basic part of their job again lest you want to be ruled by shameless incompetent buffoons that go unchallenged. Oh wait...