In an anti-intellectual society, people who know nothing about a complex subject are emboldened to ridicule experts who have spent a lifetime studying it.
Indeed. Then media organisations invite both of them to “debate” the subject, and laughably call it “balance”. And if the ABC refuses to invite a know-nothing to “debate” an expert, the government screams about lack of “balance”, and cuts its funding. Again.
Indeed. Then media organisations invite both of them to “debate” the subject, and laughably call it “balance”. And if the ABC refuses to invite a know-nothing to “debate” an expert, the government screams about lack of “balance”, and cuts its funding. Again.
Arthur,
Ah yes, balance. You could balance a stack of books with a pile of excrement. That is the balance they want us to accept.