The starting requirement for any cub reporter is a degree with at least a pass rated A-
The unspoken and unenforced requirement should be a rudimentary knowledge of life and common sense but sadly does not apply.
Which is why I stopped taking a newspaper some 18 years ago. They are mostly just a tool for the real people controlling this country to apply the 'Divide and rule' tactic, The Daily Mail being the prime offender here.