Yes, they really think that we are stupid. When they look at us they somehow see the word STUPID tattooed on our foreheads. Someone needs to do a study of the average ACT/SAT scores in the schools of journalism at our universities compared to the averages for the other disciplines. I bet that the journalism schools enjoy some of the lowest on our campuses.
I believe that study has been done, and, IIRC, shows that journalists and teachers have among the lowest college entrance scores. IIRC