It's news to me…not!

Take a complex problem that requires expertise in accounting, law, economics, politics and interpersonal relations and ask some people who have never studied it what they think. This could be any news organization in the country. It just happens to be the Boston Globe.
What is the purpose here?

1. To solve the problem
2. To show that the problem is actually quite simple
3. To show that our elected officials are incompetent especially compared to the average person
4. To mobilize those who are "fed up"
5. To warn of impending disaster