Original sentence: Esler has criticised the way the BBC and other TV and radio news has handled balance.He criticises giving equal balance to "someone who really knows what they are talking about" and "someone who is essentially the village idiot".He states that the present mode of balance involves "if you have a Tory on you get a Labour Party person", but says that "that's not what politics is like anymore"
Edited sentence: Brexit is about expertise.He was actually talking about balance and expertise: "Brexit is not only not just about left and right.Later in the interview, Esler was accused of implying that Brexit supporters were "village idiots" who should not be given airtime in the media, because "Brexit is about expertise".You cannot and should not have someone who really knows what they are talking about balanced by someone who is essentially the village idiot"