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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
The "how bright is the average journalist" thing is just bizarre. The answer is, very bright. I have my complaint about journalists, but it is a hard field to get into and the average journalist reporting at the national level is both wicked smart and has a fancy education.
Fox is often an exception, they have a different set of values that don't put much stock in the high IQ and fancy education in hiring.
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They’re bright in a limited regard. If all you’re doing is writing about others doing things, do you really have a complete appreciation of what it’s like to be actually doing the thing you comment about? I don’t think so. Financial journalism exposes the limitations of journalistic “intellect” anew every day.
Pure journalists are indeed very bright and talented, in the skill set of being a journalist. But you wouldn’t invest based on a journalist’s, or pundit’s, assessments. They’ve a somewhat myopic, hammer-on-nails approach to life. Find facts, find insight, cross examine and scrutinize target to get soundbite lengthadmission, ideally salacious.
Cross examining without having to follow the rules of evidence isn’t brain surgery. It might not even be podiatry.
