Yes it is telling of the way the journalist hoped to frame the story. A good way to spice up an otherwise ordinary story. Better than 'Aged Physicist disagrees

Yes it is telling of the way the journalist hoped to frame the story. A good way to spice up an otherwise ordinary story. Better than 'Aged Physicist disagrees with dominant theory'. I'd call it a piece of disingenuous hack work but it worked so well I have to admire it.