o English, where art thou?

is it just me or has anyone else noticed the absolutely disgraceful standards of written and spoken english in the mass media?! it's one thing to be laidback on your blog or on IM (i know i am, especially with capitalization and the like), but when writing/speaking for the whole wide world like in the newspapers or on radio & tv.. a higher standard is expected! it's not a wonder kids grow up speaking bad english (or french, or arab, or whichever language).. the mass media has a responsibility to the public to uphold good grammar and punctuation at the very least, and hopefully enrich our vocabulary and diction too! i think this is a growing problem in all languages of the world.

this laxity is everywhere, from the failure to notice the difference between bare/bear (eg. i can't bare the pain.. WTF???) to the usage of the 's for possession (eg. the mans survival depended on it.. bah!!).. i am dismayed to see that proofreaders are being paid to sit on their expansive rear ends and twiddle their opposable thumbs while hitherto intellectually-aware newscasters blindly read grammatically-challenged sentences from their teleprompters like herds of buffalo being led to a watering hole.