It's not just you. He used to be the 'economic expert' on Radio 4 and he was THE WORST at explaining whatever bullshit he was going on about. He somehow got kudos as the 'only journalist' to predict the 2008 crash although of course that was bollox. I used to think 'at least make your stooge convincing or at least a competent broadcaster' but somehow he went from that to his own feckin show! I don't get it. If I was to hazard a guess I'd say it's an indication of the debasement and degradation of the media, a process that's been ongoing for decades, but that has borne its rotten fruit markedly in the last 10 years or so. That a mediocrity like Peston could rise like he has is surely an indication of something. Evan Davis is another example of the same trend.