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If the internet really made people stupid the right would have passed a law by now making it compulsory to use the internet. The problem is exactly the opposite: the internet informs people in an unfiltered way and makes them question the political status quo. That's the problem conservatives have with it. Having spent about 200 years forming a tame, bland, dysfunctional media that's wedded to the right, they now find an empty barn and a horse that's bolted. Sometimes I watch 'Today' on TV for about 5 minutes and then I think 'Why an I doing this to myself?' and turn it off. The amount of money that's spent on a show that sets out never to inform anyone about anything is scandalous. Yes, if you want to find a medium that really makes people stupid try 'current affairs' TV. It takes all my self control not to hurl a very large hammer at the screen as they babble about the perfect barbecue and what shape handbag everyone will have this spring. And then some conservative stooge comes on and lies his or her head off and you sit there thinking, 'What's wrong with these people,don't they know we know they're lying?' Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.
