The capabilities that Bartos speaks of May exist IF there are HOBS missiles on board, but as far as anyone knows these are only carried externally, and I have never heard anyone claim otherwise.
On the other hand...
"There are plenty of journos ...paid to do the opposite"
If this means, "paid to denigrate the F-35", I would suggest that you should provide some evidence of this statement, which you cannot, because it is a big fat lie.