In "all" fields there is a problem with journalism, since reporters usually do not understand technology, concept, idea, ... and have very limited time to do work, research or something (not to mention they have to look really smart, since they are working for big corporation, from which they get salaries, ...).
It is true for most people, example, it does not stop the majority of people on this forum to give their expert opinions on economics and claim their opinions as the absolute truth from the mouth of god, even though the guess is that there are only a handful of people that can claim that they have had more than 2 semesters of economics studies.