re: #718 reine.de.tout

A reporter can very easily find someone who is expert in a field. I brought up the legal system to illustrate that locating true experts is something that is done regularly, by the courts, and a reporter can do the same thing.

“Sergey Romanov, who has studied the Holocaust in depth for 30 years and has had x number of papers published on the topic, is considered an expert on the topic and he says …. “.

Those are all factual statements, and would make an impact. What the reporter has left out is any indication of whether or not he personally believes Sergey.

There are many creationists with PhDs in relevant fields. E.g. geologist Andrew Snelling, who is a YEC. Prima facie he is an expert on geology, yet he will tell you Earth is 6000 y.o. Selection of experts can be biased too.