[Archangelsk]

There will be the over-reporting by a ghoulish media

You forgot to include ignorance and pandering. One interview I saw between one of the talking faces on CNN and a former NASA engineer absolutely disgusted me. The engineer, who was trying to give a little background on rudimentary mechanics and aerodynamics of suborbital flight, was continuously cut off by the face who haughtly said, "you just lost most of the audience." What did the audience get lost over, you ask? Oh, just a couple of things most folks should have learned in high school: F=ma and KE = 1/2mV².

[joanie-f]

The comment made by the CNN guy (‘You just lost most of the audience’ .... as regards the engineer's references to F=ma, etc.) reveals two basic truths about these types: (1) letters, to them, are simply to be strung together to deceive the masses (any other use of them – even in elementary algebra – is incomprehensible), and (2) they speak for all of us (their view of anything represents the view of most of the audience).

The terms haughty, condescending, and arrogant come to mind. (Not to mention unjustifiably. :)

[woodyinscc]

" you just lost most of the audience."

What the idiot was really saying/thinking "is you just lost me"