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In reply to the discussion: Taibbi: America Is Too Dumb for TV News [View all]Hepburn
(21,054 posts)are better informed than at least 90% of the people I see around me. My close friends are informed, intelligent and interested in current events. Thank, gawd, for my close pals and for the DU.
I see the DU, even with are the current primary wars right now, as being a place where I can read, learn, discuss, and consider new information, ideas, points of view and do so with some very well read and informed intelligent people. I always find out something new each day that is of interest -- besides what is posted in GDP!
When I visit internet sites -- not very often, to say the least -- like Free Republic or have a conversation with many in a line at a grocery store, it amazes me how uninformed the general public appears to be. One clear indication of that is look around at the magazines on sale at the grocery check out...I used to see at least Time and Newsweek. Not any more -- the magazine stands are like a Kardashian super-book store.
So, I am not the least bit surprised that things such as Faux Snooze Entertainment network exists and that it pretends to be a news information source. Some, unfortunately, are not too dumb for that supposed and alleged TV News station!