MTV and the liberal media

I happened to come across this gem of an article pertaining to Snooki, the tanned, vertically-challenged star of the hit MTV show "The Jersey Shore".  Apparently, during a phone interview with a Montana media outlet, Snooki first asked where Montana was, and then asked if Montana was an actual State.

I would not expect Snooki to be a Rhodes Scholar, or even a college graduate for that matter.  But to not know basic geography, or to even know that Montana is a State?  Then again, given the current state of our children when it comes to basic geography, I am not completely surprised.

Which brings me to my point.  Why is our educational system suffering?  Why are kids so dumb?  I opine that one reason is our choice of media selections and those we idolize as a society.  And MTV is a great example of a liberal media outlet that needs to go away.

I once participated in a blog discussion on media outlets and MTV was a portion of the discussion.  There was general agreement amongst the participants that MTV was an overall waste of a cable channel.  Yet many of the liberal participants claimed it was a Republican/conservative "style" channel!  Really?  A channel that:

Encourages fornication and pre-marital sexual activity.
Endless partying and a total disregard for personal morals.
That champions having children out of wedlock.
Outrageous excess and the spoiling of children.
And endless videos that exploit women and degrade men.

And let's not forget "The Real World" series, which is about as far away from the real world as we can get.

Does this seem like a Republican/conservative channel to you?

Now, I admit, I have seen very little of "The Jersey Shore".  If you count all the times that I was flipping channels and stopped before moving on to see what was on a channel, and the time I turned on the TV with the show on, and sat down only to find the controller was missing, I have seen about 5 minutes of the show.  Maybe after 6 days of partying, the cast jumps into their tricked out rides and heads over to the local church for some serious worshiping and praying.  I doubt that is the case.

It is futile to try to get these programs off the air.  The outcry about the suppression of speech and the calls for acceptance of all lifestyles would be loud.  And to be honest, I don't want these types of programs off the air, because people should be free to participate in and create programs to their liking.  But when we look back on a generation of dolts who lack basic math, English, science and geography skills, maybe people won't be so quick to point fingers at people other than liberals.