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Originally Posted by CastleBravo
Most folks, myself included, don't appreciate being told we view TV for entertainment only because we are some how lesser persons by missing the biased programming you mentioned.
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I see the problem being that there are many people who view learning and science as "biased" since it conflicts with their particular worldview. You may say elitism is the left's downfall, but the opposite criticism can be leveled at those on the other side of the political spectrum: anti-intellectualism is accepted, and even celebrated. Scientists, economists, philosophers, physicists, mathematicians and the like are derided as "elitists" and out of touch while folks like plumbers, soldiers and "the regular joe" are held up as the only ones with any insight at all and the only ones worth listening to.
As for television...the only information you're going to get from television news is that which fits into a sound byte. Its garbage for understanding the world around us.
Besides, when we get down to what "elitism" actually means..."elite" means the best....I'd be proud to be called "elite" any day.