Aha! I understand now, and I also agree that our positions aren't that different. I happen to work for a media operation, and I tend to think they would outsource the whole operation (writing, editing, layout) to a computer, if given the chance. So, I'm a more of a Grinch about these innovations.
I hope you're right, because contemporary journalism clearly needs to be doing something better with its time.
The word count was intended to display just how little information might be conveyed in fifty words. The inclusion of my comment's word count was simply to make the comment self-referential. Both can be safely ignored.