Journalists aren’t meant to be experts on most topics. Their job isn’t to understand matters on an intimate level, it’s to ask questions of those who are experts and report it to readers/viewers.
Of course, that hasn’t been the case for quite some time.
These days, journalists aren’t experts, but they are activists. They’re dedicated to pushing particular agendas. That’s especially true when it comes to things like environmental issues.
And they’re willing to risk any credibility they might have in order to do so by trotting out one of the most discredited “experts” in the history of the subject.
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