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1/ Here's how it works (for others, Oz knows). A story breaks and every news show needs guests to talk about it. A desperately overworked producer frantically searches Twitter/BlueSky and starts DMing people who seem like they have credentials. The producer likely knows nothing about the topic.

Oz Katerji@ozkaterji.bsky.social

There is no accountability in ThinkTankLand or in TenuredProfesorsville. You can just walk into broomstick after broomstick for two decades and still pull in a 6 figure salary and a primetime apperance on a major tv news channel with a three letter acronym. Nothing matters.

John Pilkington

@johnpilkingtonpt.bsky.social

18 Mar

This has also paved the way for the League of Opinionated Reporters/Analysts/Tw@s. “No time to book a talking head? Don’t worry - just leave it to me. I know more about this than anyone anyway for I am the Senior Chief Special Editorial Correspondent-in-Charge.”

Dmitry Grozoubinski

@explaintrade.com

Yeah, though part of this is also that a confident and skilled speaker who knows 40% makes for better TV than an awkward, nervous and tongue tied wonk that knows everything.

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John Pilkington

@johnpilkingtonpt.bsky.social

18 Mar

Yep. There are too many experts whose brilliance is confined to print, sadly.

Diane Purkiss

@janetanderson.bsky.social

18 Mar

Speaking as the professor in the room, I’m just going to say that people who can’t learn to communicate need to grrl up and get themselves some guidance. It’s not because of disability. It’s because they are scared that their friends will look down on them.