Let's keep it a stack. The only issue all of these other "Journalists" have with you is the fact that you are taking the light off them. They don't like that you post the information first because it's less views for them. So they attacked you. I guess there is more money involved in valo "journalism" than I would've thought, because this should not have blown up the way it did.
They're offering you "guidance and help" on your path to journalism (something that you see can maybe be a future for you). This is the equivalent of gas companies buying out alternative fuel companies just to shut them down so their business stays afloat. The thing is they have to pray there isn't another James that comes out, bc let's be real any1 can do what you do, don't give up the power you have for what imo is an empty promise. I'd say stick to what you were doing and if something actually worthwhile pops up, then go for it.