Is this reading comprehension in 2019? The clear intent of the sentence is to state that journalists do understand the need for their publisher to function as

Is this reading comprehension in 2019? The clear intent of the sentence is to state that journalists do understand the need for their publisher to function as a business, i. e. to rebut the other stereotype of journalists that they often get to hear, namely that they are unrealistic idealists. Sad world, indeed.