The Trouble with Experts

MacDonald, Ann-Marie 1958- (narrator). Freed, Josh (director). Torge, Janet 1947- (producer). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Added Author). Narrator: MacDonald, Ann-Marie, 1958-. (Cast).

Summary: We are addicted to experts. They tell us how to cast our vote, raise our kids, manage our diets and interpret political events. The media keeps us on a steady diet of stats backed up by expert opinion. But do they know better? In the recent stock meltdown, we discovered that some of our most important experts – our financial gurus – didn’t know much at all. So what about all the other experts out there? Are they just part of a new cult of expertise, an ever-growing “expert industry” that’s become our new religion?

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (43 min 50 sec)
remote
videorecording
electronic
Publisher: Toronto : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2011

Content descriptions

Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to Curio.ca subscribers
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director: Freed, Josh ; Producer: Torge, Janet, 1947-.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrator: MacDonald, Ann-Marie, 1958-.
System Details Note:	Available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://curio.ca/en/video/the-trouble-with-experts-1418/
Language Note:	In English. Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:	Source of description from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation