Here's an idea. As a guarantee of competence, licenses are issued to practitioners of various trades and professions, such as doctors, lawyers, psychotherapists, plumbers and electricians.
And some politicians have proposed licensing of journalists, to assure competence and fairness in reporting.
How about we also license politicians, forcing them to prove their competence before running for office?
Unfortunately, that raises the question of who would issue the licenses.
As for licensing journalists, that means if government issues a license, government can also take it away.
Bad idea.
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