EricW..
I'll throw in late here...like Nik..I am in a newsroom..my experience in a newsroom is that most people don't know a lot about anything..they, at best, might know a little about everything..
much gets lost because they don't understand, pressure from editors to simplify information and to keep stories short..
there are definitely those out there with agendas..and those are the ones that must be found and called upon for the lies and mis-truths..
but for the most part..they are kids, with no life experience and no knowledge..
you should see the blank stares when I get on a soap box and explain the difference between semi-auto and full auto, magazine and clip, rifle and shotgun..
I try and tell them and my staff..you may do great things in the world..but it is all about details..it's all in the details..