Surprisingly, no. The framing of the article isn't bad and they have nothing poor to say about Amtrak (there's a lot to criticize imo). A couple things stood out: the article praises Amtrak overall, highlighting a quote early on about how they are modernizing and expanding rail travel in the US and there is zero mention of HSR.

A puff piece for Amtrak, though I'd love to see them actually modernize and expand services so that they are reliable, take priority over freight, modernize to include extensive HSR networks, expand their stations to more areas, and keep prices low enough to incentivize rail travel over car travel. My experiences with Amtrak have been quite bad, though I love traveling by train, so I may be a bit more critical of them.

An interesting quote that stood out that really puts the state of travel in the US into perspective:

Since 1950, the population has more than doubled and the number of motor vehicles registered has increased sixfold.