Alex Clarke relays an unnamed engineering journalist's account of general reporters receiving half a day to produce an unfamiliar technical article. That leaves little time to learn which questions matter. The wider interpretation links financial pressure with specialists moving into independent publications, podcasts and channels. It explicitly distinguishes weak subject knowledge from deliberate dishonesty. Drachinifel's suggested check is to assess a publication on a subject the reader already knows before trusting its unfamiliar coverage.
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Short deadlines and the loss of specialist defence reporting
An account of specialist journalism explains how rushed general coverage can miss the questions a technical subject requires.