Originally Posted by
runway30
I’m not defending Learmount but as someone who has done his fair share of punditry let me tell you what the media is looking for. They want a very complicated subject explained in two minutes in a way that 99% of the population will understand. This is while, depending on where you are being interviewed, someone is talking in your ear and you’re trying not to think of how many million are listening to you making an ar*e of yourself. Not as easy as you think.
Exactly! Speaking as someone who has been approached by the media to appear in such interviews, thought about it and declined, he does have my sympathy - especially as his personal experience was as a fixed wing pilot. One small slip of the tongue in the harsh spotlight of the media and you'll be pilloried here forever!