No, what's "disingenuous and pathetic" is Laura's rejection of that solution. She claims we should live in a society that does not pander to the lowest common denominator. She's right. And the way to halt that is to make it unprofitable to pander to the lowest common denominator. If the audience for such claptrap shrinks to zero, the claptrap will cease to exist. You vote with your eyes and your wallet.
She also rejects "turn it off" because the liberals don't buy that line with Don Imus and Rush Limbaugh. Well, since when have we ever elevated to the Left's whiny philosophy to a position worth emulating?
No, I stand by my original response: don't just turn it off, burn it. Throw it away. Bury it and salt the earth over its grave. There is not a thing -- repeat, a THING -- worth watching. Even the handful of worthwhile conservative shows do nothing but perpetuate a medium that has outlived its usefulness.
List how many times in history that has occurred.
Nonsense in the extreme.
How does one explain Ellen DeGenerate? Mathews? Olbermann ad infinitum ad nauseum?
"You vote with your eyes and your wallet."
Maybe that's the way it used to be, but not anymore.
...& therein lies the mystery of our times.