Explain to me at what point I suggested they should be silenced? What does that even have to do with this topic? A topic about the real or imagined power of these talking heads.
Well, if they have such power, then what do you want to do about it?
I would assume that would be the next step.
I hear a lot of gnashing of teeth about pundits but I like to look at problems from all angles. If we had politics and media that weren't so infantile, if people had better information and willingness to think, then they would be able to see these people for the demogogues and attention whores that they are.
But pretty much a majority of the nation is now susceptible to their drivel. That's the story, to me. Not that we have morons and demogogues who get air time, or that the government and media lie. It's that the public is such an easy mark for it. Fix that and the pundits would have to find a new line of work, like used car salesmen or televagelists or con man.