On Jun 19, 9:39 am, "Gatt" wrote:

Yeah. It's pretty easy to trash-talk somebody who writes under a deadline,
probably lives in near poverty and might have to cover politics, medical
science, aviation or economics on any given day. Journalists get a lot of
crap because they're never as much of an expert as the experts they're
quoting.

That's one of the reasons I take for granted very little of what gets
printed. I consider the source--the author, the "expert" being
quoted, etc. Newspapers and magazines (and tv/radio) are just
starting points, and little more.

ANYthing that requires specialized knowledge is likely to be incorrect
in mainstream reporting, even if there is no bias. I usually get a
chuckle out of anything to do with nuclear energy. And someone
covering a recent (and unfortunately fatal) accident reported that a
"cessna diamond da-40" plunged into a lake. You have to wonder: if
they got the Diamond DA-40, where did they get "cessna"?