I remember this discussion vividly as well. And I also distinctly remember the answer of Harald Schmidt, back then Germany‘s most famous late night show host,

I remember this discussion vividly as well. And I also distinctly remember the answer of Harald Schmidt, back then Germany‘s most famous late night show host, when he was asked whether he thought TV makes people dumb: „With all due respect, I think TV makes intelligent people more intelligent and dumb people more dumb.“ 20 years later, I couldn‘t have said it any better.