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Right now an "expert" is whoever says something that is aligned with media retoric.
by anramon 5y ago
Right now an "expert" is whoever says something that is aligned with media retoric.
- thera2 5y ago
- gpm 5y agoThe expert they are quoting is a pretty well known figure, who has been saying lots of things often not aligned with media retoric. To borrow his twitter bio as an introduction > PhD student @warstudies (Department of War Studies at Kings College). Senior Fellow @FPRI (Foreign Policy Research Institute). Previously @USMC (US Marine Corp), @ColumbiaSIPA (Columbia School of International and Public Affairs), @CentreAST (Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies), and @AlfaFellowship. Focused on Russian defense policy. To imply that they're just pulling in random people is flat out wrong. This is a person who has been studying Russia from a military standpoint for many years.
- monocasa 5y agoYou can nearly always find a qualified individual who already is saying what you want said, just needing a microphone to say it louder or at the right time. That's how expert witnesses tend to work for instance.