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> [T]hey're not expected to have subject-specific background [...] Their judgement comes in considering the credibility of the source.

Which they are unqualified to do if they do not have subject-specific background.




The journalist behind the Theranos expose, John Carreyrou, does not have a bio medical or startup/VC background.


Unqualified does not mean incorrect or wrong, and somebody who is unqualified can employ the services of somebody who is in order to overcome that deficiency.




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