Agree. How well-trained would a journalist need to be in order to effectively analyze something that has probably taken several years of effort. Lots of numbers

Agree. How well-trained would a journalist need to be in order to effectively analyze something that has probably taken several years of effort. Lots of numbers != good interpretations and little data != bad conclusion. But agree with OP that in a world that is becoming less and less trusting of authority (to a dangerous extreme) that it would be nice for those in authority to have enough humility to accept when their work is questioned.