I wouldn’t call NR leftist elites but I do think reality shows are very dull and would probably not hang out with someone who was a fan. I turned on DD once to see what all the fuss was about. In it one of the guys was persuaded by his wife to take yoga. So he puts on yoga pants and starts stretching out on a mat. I turned it off. Really? This is what folks find entertaining? A fat, bearded swamp rat posing in yoga pants? No thanks. Give me The Wire or Breaking Bad any day. Those are elite programs.
I think you should not watch whatever you chose not to watch.
That's what America and Freedom is all about, personal choices.
I've watched a few DD episodes to see what the show was all about -- some sections of some shows were funny, and some sections were dumb, and some were good advice to viewers.
I don't need Betsy, or anyone else to chose for me, or to chose for anyone else in America.
As far as Breaking Bad, I watched a couple of episodes of that, to see what it was all about as well.
Apparently the main character was just fine making and selling Meth, to get money for his cancer/family.
Apparently whatever the Meth might do to other families wasn't high (or even on) his list of moral measures.
If I had to chose between the two programs, I'd definitely take DD and it's Bible believing, morality scenes, than the Meth cooking Breaking Bad show.
But that's my choice, your's is obviously different, and I don't call for your choices to be removed.
And I could be friends with a fan of Breaking Bad, even if I didn't agree the show's premise.
Finally, the author of this NR spew is trying to be too cute by half, and is certainly trying to posture herself as an elite -- her "one of its redneck stars did something one may have expected a redneck to do" comment indicates that to me.
Have a good weekend and a Merry Christmas.