It probably wasn't a "code review", it was probably a technical architecture review - docs, diagrams, slides, conversations. And then maybe the journalist (or s

It probably wasn't a "code review", it was probably a technical architecture review - docs, diagrams, slides, conversations. And then maybe the journalist (or some non-technical source they are using, such as some PR person or executive) doesn't understand the difference between a "code review" and "architecture review". Or maybe the journalist actually does understand, but they called it a "code review" (or maybe even the editor changed it on them) because they think that's easier for an uneducated general audience to understand.