What is Ted Cruz Doing?

On Tuesday, September 14th, an article ran in The Boston Globe about senator Ted Cruz's lengthy delay of procedures entitled 'in Sentate, Cruz filibusters against health care law.'
The article made it clear that Cruz was filibustering as an act of protest against Obamacare, which was presently denied funding by the house, but still remains in activity as far as the senate is concerned.
However, one thing The Globe forgot was that Teddy wasn't filibustering. He was...well...doing something else.
Around 2012 the definition of the verb 'to filibuster' was changed by Congress. Whereas before, a filibuster required a Mr. Smith-esque jeremiad, it now constitutes a voting a process. A filibuster can be initiated by a 60-100 vote. A 40-100 vote guarantees that the filibuster has been effective for that session.  
Regardless of personal opinion about the legitimacy of such a change, it stands to reason that due to recent findings, whatever Ted Cruz is doing is not a filibuster. I am surprised that the Globe would run such an error.
No doubt, by now they have realized their mistake, as has most of the media (is this the only way the get the right info to the public? by being wrong and forced to apologize for the findings of fact checkers?).
What Cruz is doing is most analogous to an act of protest. Though, like Occupy Wall Street, he has lost all hope of  ever being taken serious. For occupy, this was done with bongo drums and dred locks. Cruz compared himself to a pirate.
Regardless of this mistake, the article did a good job identifying key players and their motives in the Health Care debate. My roommate and I, however, could not shake the initial mistake. "I don't get what he's doing if not filibustering," my roommate said.
"The people in charge have changed what a filibuster is," said I, "he's doing something else. We used to have a word for it."