Not many, only some.
And the media is only reporting what gets them the more attention. At times like this when price has not made any major moves for more than 2 months the negative articles will get the most amount of attention so obviously they keep quoting those who have said something negative about bitcoin. In a couple of months ago when price was rising consistently every week the exact opposite was true as they published anything that was positive.
Why are these people positive or negative about bitcoin? In my experience it is almost always out of self interest.
Yes, yes, although I am not an economist, I do not allow other people to come up in my bed, and the title of economist is also given by the government, which is more like the government’s mouth talking, telling everyone, This is not allowed, this is a Ponzi scheme and so on.