This is a similar subject to the last one discussed concerning surliness and obsequiousness, in that it concerns how to interact socially in a community.
Sadly, some editors, lacking professional integrity, by their obsequiousness, give media proprietors the impression that they (owners) can always do as they wish.
Many of them are, but they are not able to pursue that goal due to the tyranny of academic publishers and professional norms that encourage obsequiousness and exclusion.
