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I do find this to be somewhat true as well. Most tech journalists make news for everyday people and not really for people and not for technical professionals. There's some holdouts but its few and far in-between.

Who knew Gell-Mann amnesia could go malignant?

First time I've heard of this. It's an eye-opener. It also makes me even more cynical.

It should. It's the same cognitive error one so often sees software engineers display, in this case reflexively, while speaking with undue confidence outside the field.

Yep. Tech journalists are usually as versed in what they're talking about as people selling tech in retail stores.