It would be wrong by our standards to call them "experts", but that won't stop the media from using the term. Personally I avoid news as much as possible, but

It would be wrong by our standards to call them "experts", but that won't stop the media from using the term. Personally I avoid news as much as possible, but it's almost impossible to avoid it totally (break rooms, visits to friends homes, etc mean that I still see a bit of mainstream news media).