>No, they don't just get their news from other journalists the same as everyone else, they also get it in person You'd be surprised. Most never get it in pers

>No, they don't just get their news from other journalists the same as everyone else, they also get it in person You'd be surprised. Most never get it in person, having never even visited the countries they write about. A journalist covering global affairs might have visited a few of them, have a working knowledge of a couple or so, and the rest only know about superficially (if they're not merely Googling or checking 1-2 books, that could just be biased summaries about those countries and their issues). And for those that do get it in person, like going there to report, many never get beyond the superficial, or beyond talking to people telling them what they want to hear (or even just people in their ideology/class).