Rise of the Idiocracy and the Death of Expertise

Trump’s comments prompt doctors to warn against ingesting disinfectants, bleach

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/04/24/disinfectant-injection-coronavirus-trump/
‘Stable genius’ or dangerous ignoramus?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/24/stable-genius-or-erratic-ignoramus/

Makers of Lysol Warn Against Ingesting Disinfectants

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/us/politics/trump-inject-disinfectant-bleach-coronavirus.html 

The Secret to Germany’s COVID-19 Success: Angela Merkel Is a Scientist

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/04/angela-merkel-germany-coronavirus-pandemic/610225/

Dunning–Kruger effect

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect

“In the field of psychology, the Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people with low ability at a task overestimate their ability. It is related to the cognitive bias of illusory superiority and comes from the inability of people to recognize their lack of ability. Without the self-awareness of metacognition, people cannot objectively evaluate their competence or incompetence”

The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters

Related:
Fox News has always been partisan. But has it become propaganda?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/03/11/the-making-of-the-fox-news-white-house