Host Dmitry Dibrov considers 80 percent of viewers to be idiots because of their love for TV series on Channel One, Dmitry Dibrov explained his words that 80 percent of viewers are idiots. The showman's comments were published by Gazeta.Ru.
“They watch TV shows. Look how many people watch TV series, and how many people watch [TV presenter Vladimir] Pozner. (…) Those viewers who watch stories about fictional people whose actions have no cognitive and enriching meaning, name them something else, but still, unfortunately, 80 percent of them, “Dibrov complained about the love of Russians to serials. The showman called the series “TV vodka”. The presenter also added that his viewers are not idiots. According to Dibrov, they will be able to answer the question under which emperor the first railway in Russia was built.
Cognitive programs, according to Dibrov, interest only 20 percent of viewers. According to the journalist, similar indicators of audience interests are observed among Internet users.
“These are all sorts of scandalous sites, porn sites, this is where the audience’s attention goes. All these endless cats, neither mind nor heart, “- said the TV presenter.
To change this ratio and increase the number of” thinking people “, according to Dibrov, will help education. Parents should take their children to performances, to school centers and clubs, the presenter said. Thanks to this, the younger generation, according to the showman, will learn to “think and produce.”
Dibrov's interview, in which he spoke unflatteringly about viewers, was released on November 16. The presenter stated that television has returned to the state of the 80s or 70s. “Now 80 percent of viewers are idiots, while 20 are smart people with whom there is something to talk about,” the showman noted.
Earlier, Dmitry Dibrov spoke about the reasons for the large earnings of some Russian stars. The TV presenter linked the artists' royalty to the size of the audience they were able to inspire.