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I have a strong general science...background. I certainly understand the basics of radiation and risk. That said, I most certainly don't pretend to have expertise in the specifics of nuclear power plants, the engineering, and the technology. Yet some of the "experts" they have gotten on to discuss risk and generally what is happening (ignoring, the paid industry propagandists) have been extremely questionable and there appears little process to try to differentiate between who has expertise and whether it is appropriate to the issue at hand.
Worst, though, is that while I expect nothing more of the newsreaders/pundits than to ask the questions the lay public would ask and LISTEN to the answers, they seem incapable of doing even that. Rather, they continually interrupt or even contradict the "expert" --that is when they are not repeating the question just answered in great detail and on an acceptably "simple" level.
I despair of ever having true quality media in this country again.... Sigh....:shrug:
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