I think they mean demanding the elimination of peer review. There is a movement afoot to eliminate the practice because if it is done the way intended, the bar

I think they mean demanding the elimination of peer review. There is a movement afoot to eliminate the practice because if it is done the way intended, the bar is too high. The bar probably is too high, but that's not necessarily a problem. Rather that's the point. I agree, that particular movement does have at its root an assault on science.