Your second paragraph is describing exactly what I meant. Mountaineering guide =\= tourist. One has the experience the other doesn't.
And journalists usually get it wrong anyway because they cannot judge the risks themselves properly. And those few that do, locals or not doesn't matter, write different articles.
And just by the way. Assuming all locals have experience in their wilds is such a fallacy. Generally speaking the average level of knowledge might be higher, on an individual level you will always have your locals, e.g. the Alps, who are unable to climb, judge avalanche risks or even just zhe weather.
And journalists usually get it wrong anyway because they cannot judge the risks themselves properly. And those few that do, locals or not doesn't matter, write different articles.
And just by the way. Assuming all locals have experience in their wilds is such a fallacy. Generally speaking the average level of knowledge might be higher, on an individual level you will always have your locals, e.g. the Alps, who are unable to climb, judge avalanche risks or even just zhe weather.