Influencers told to prove credentials in ‘rare win for expertise’

Who vets the 'academics'? If you have studied at Masters or doctoral level, you know there are often 2 sides to the arguments made in a thesis or dissertation. There are physics academics, for example, who hold very odd theories against the norm. Sometimes they are right (often found years later), sometimes they are wrong. It is similar in other disciplines. Remember that we are talking 'theories' here. They aren't proofs. I don't fully agree with an open system which has led to those without any qualifications becoming 'influencers', but the existing system is not perfect...

By definition, "influences" cannot present "credentials". That's a contradiction in terms.