This is not about you or me getting value from a review it's about getting broader perspectives. E.G.I f there a beginner or casual player it might be of value to similar players. Or they might be bad at the game but able to articulate there thoughts very well. If they thought of something I haven't that's at least interesting.
He probably won't know any of that. But if he can finish the game on easy he's entitled to write a review about his experience. It may have value to other players who play on that difficulty.
Well I would argue there job is more about writing or editing.
Their job is assessing a product and then conveying their thoughts about it via writing or editing. Their ability to write about and play the games is therefore equal parts important, because the latter will inform the content of the former. Gaming is an interactive medium, not a passive one, and so just 'writing' about it can't exist in a vacuum. It needs participation from the person who'll later write about it. And that often requires
some level of competence.
I think it bears clarification of what competence actually is. Someone playing on easy mode like Angry Joe doesn't mean they are incompetent. He may need to drop the difficulty to get by or have fun, but he can still actually play the game adequately in the b-roll footage in his videos. Several game journalists cannot even get to grips with the basic controls, like the Polygon footage shows and what the Japanese are making fun of - why are we defending such a low bar exactly, when any other job done so poorly would catch criticism?
I also highly doubt the type of gamer who you say would find value in this even exists. People do not tend to seek out reviews written by people similarly as bad at games as they are to get their opinions. Just like someone who's bad at cooking will not tune into cooking videos made by an incompetent chef to get recipe ideas. No, people tend to seek out competent people's opinions ('the experts') first and foremost.
If you dont like them for whatever reason you can just ignore them so wants the problem?
You seem to be very upset about something that people say they already do, but then turn around and prescribe the exact same thing.
"Opinions of journalists who are bad at games are worthless and don't deserve my attention"
"How dare you, if you don't like it why don't you just ignore it"
lol
. Could be that he just had terrible motor skills right at lowest point on the bell curve. 