What does it really matter what journalists actually write a piece when the publication's editors change it and have the final say for what gets published anywa

What does it really matter what journalists actually write a piece when the publication's editors change it and have the final say for what gets published anyway? A lot of people seem to forget how much editing by more than one person actually goes into a lot of professional writing. Editors probably have the most control over things that end up published, more so than the original writers of a piece usually do.