You call someone an author when they use a ghostwriter. They're giving inputs that are core to the output, even though they aren't doing all the writing. Same thing.
replyI can assure you a sizable amount of people in the writing community look down on "authors" that only use ghostwriters.
replyWhy do tech workers act shock that people hate this junk being force fed to them that they are now resorting to violence to reject said junk?
You think telling humans with specialized crafts that they don't matter is good politics? Good grief.