> The slow death of journalism and consequent dumbing down of the electorate are largely the fault of Section 230 What? The death of print journalism seems to

> The slow death of journalism and consequent dumbing down of the electorate are largely the fault of Section 230 What? The death of print journalism seems to have been due to craigslist killing classified ads and google/doubleclick (and the rest of awful web advertising) killing magazine ads. The comment about dumbing down the electorate is interesting. How is this measured over time, and according to that measurement how has it varied?