El Maximo writes:

I was more referring to his sweeping statement that "They often get all
sorts of things wrong".

Most people, when talking about something with which they are not already
fairly familiar, will get all sorts of things wrong ... and that includes
journalists, who are no more omniscient than anyone else (although they may
have a pretty broad superficial exposure to many subjects). But since
journalists explain things to other people, their mistakes are more
significant.

As a journalist, I consider you to be qualified to weigh in on this subject.

Thanks.