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The issue here isn't with tech vs. non-tech people, I think the issue is that Fox News (and they're not alone as others have mentioned) clearly didn't take the time to ask someone who DID know what they were talking about to review their content.

When you have clueless reporters telling clueless viewers the news, that hurts everyone and spreads ignorance and bias, no matter the topic.

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The last person who touches the copy is someone non-technical. Their job is to make the content accessible to "slow joe in the back row", the least common denominator, etc.

Inaccuracies occur all the time when the last person to touch the text is a general-purpose reporter, not someone with domain expertise. It happens in reporting of economics, medicine, sports, etc.. I don't think they did all that bad considering the circumstances.

"Repository" isn't a technical word. It's a basic spelling mistake and the proof-reader should, at the very least, pick that up.

I think they meant suppository.

Also the velocity with which those stories are produced is very high. This isn't exactly "breaking" news, however they also don't have days to prepare the stories. If this was an in depth story for a long-form show, the standards would necessarily be much different.. although the news often gets those wrong as well.

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