""Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain."
("Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens.")
— Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) German poet, playwright, critic,
Die Jungfrau von Orleans [The Maid of Orleans], Act III, sc. vi (1801)

To be fair and balanced, we also offer a contrary view–

"Weird Science—Why Editors Must Dare to be Dumb,"
by K.C. Cole, Columbia Journalism Review, 2006