Though this article is neither labelled "opinion" or "editorial", is is clearly an opinion piece, in both headline and content. Such blurring of the lines is widespread, and harmful to journalistic integrity.[0] Nothing wrong with opinion pieces, or with submitting them to HN, but I hope people start calling this out more.
[0]: https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2020/opinion-news-... (Poynter Institute, a journalism school)