You shouldn't be surprised about it. Public perception of all non-newsworthy stuff (and good news are not newsworthy, only creepy ones are) is mostly formed in

You shouldn't be surprised about it. Public perception of all non-newsworthy stuff (and good news are not newsworthy, only creepy ones are) is mostly formed in schools, so it is late by about as much as the average person is past his or her school graduation, i.e. now it is stuck in mid-1990s. Mostly reflecting reality of that day.