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Originally Posted by jersysman
This is the media try at "dumbing down" the audience. The think that the only piece of electronic gear that anyone has ever heard of is made by Apple. I think there should be a 4th category that these so-called tech writers fall into - just plain silly. (I would have used the other "s" word, but my mother told me never to call someone stupid. OOPS!)
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It seems that so many people want to blame "the media" for everything as though they were Evil, Inc. I personally think the media is simply ignorant, and ill informed, and not evil as a general rule. I see the problem not as the media's fault but as the collective fault of those who listen to the media--the public. If the public is very intelligent and thoughtful, the media must be also or the public will totally reject them. If the public is more inclined toward reading comic books, texting instead of meeting someone, watching videos, surfing the internet instead of working, then the media has to come down to their level. I therefore see a direct correlation between the intellegence level of the public and the media, and thus an indictment against the media is an indictment against the public. But wow will I get flamed for this bit of truth. After all the public always wants to blame everyone else for its problems but itself!
In summation, we the public have dumbed down the media, not the other way around.