In France, I have noticed that journalists often say they were very weak in mathematics. Probably there is some kind of education effect that drives smart peopl

In France, I have noticed that journalists often say they were very weak in mathematics. Probably there is some kind of education effect that drives smart people weak in mathematics toward journalism. People opinion is very much influenced by journalists and I wonder if this selection bias is the cause of the bad image of mathematics (difficult, disconnected from the real world, ...).