I seem to be making even more enemies than usual for my refusal to simply parrot or repeat what is being claimed by experts who aren't willing to back up their assertions or claims with any actual data, when asked.

I hope even more journalists do what we are supposed to do -- dig in, investigate, and report, noting critical gaps in evidence when experts aren't citing evidence in making claims.

We do not have a well-informed public when journalists just repeat what experts say. They may give us good quotes or "exclusives," about criminal gangs or cybercrime, but where is the data to support their claims?

Smearing me -- or trying to -- because I keep asking for evidence is its own attempt at censoring a free press.

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