Actually, they have always been ignorant. That's why they asked questions, to learn and to pass on what they learned.
Now days, they are stupid. Like the politicians they cover, they think they know it all and just ask questions to reinforce their “knowledge”.
Ignorant is just a lack of knowledge, You can still learn.
Stupid is terminal.
Next candidates for national offices need to totally discredit and ignore the media. Tell the low informed: “you cannot rely on them”, “reject them”, “they are deceiving you” and “you need to think and feel these issues for yourself, not elitists in DC”.