Also, at the very top of their website it says "a specialized intelligence website written by experts", and in the sidebar they list their qualifications - so they apparently want to claim they are not laypersons. Lol, but you are trying to claim it?
Granted it's pretty subjective, so whatever. I don't think my standards for this topic are much different from other people's standards for other topics with similar shapes.
Sports commentators make mistakes on a regular basis, things like calling a defender a forward or mistaking a players name. They often correct themselves immediately or things move past it so quick nobody cares.
> - so they apparently want to claim they are not layperson
I took your use of the word "layperson" there to mean "not a professional in a field specialized in state politics." The authors of the site are professionals, just that doesn't prevent that mistake. Worded by me, but my point was that they are still normal error prone humans.
The website is run by laypersons who actively deal in covering the president or prime minister of hundreds of countries. Covering intel doesn't really prevent this mistake.