That's pretty standard for newsies dealing with any techie issue. It stems from two problems. The first is dumbing-down so an 8th grader can understand it, I remember somewhere reading that news is aimed low. The other is this: Have you ever talked to news people? I know generalizations are unfair and all, but everyone that I've met have been barely average intelligence. Nothing wrong with average, but we maybe expecting more of them then they're horsepower can deliver, on average. In contrast, I know a few of the engineers who work for local TV and they're usually pretty bright and somewhat to very contemptuous of the 'talent'.

I know there are smart ones, they just don't seem to get out much.