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Originally Posted by mithrandir
There are few more clueless people than the ordinary reporters on commercial TV. Mid-west and south-west American politicians are the first to come to mind.
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There are very few of them (politicians) who have a good grounding in anything but their own fields, which is usually law, business, economics and BS
There was a report on Lateline (ABC 10:30pm) last Thursday about just how clueless politicians, journalists and the general public are about science. It's the main reason why nonsense like creationism and such is creeping into education, political policy and such (especially in the US).