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What could possibly be more important than Desperate Housewives?

But ironically, in the information age, there is apparently too much information. Too much distraction. Stories lack the resonance they once would of had. Perhaps people are not dumbed down, so much as suffering from a cultural attention deficit. Hmm, the president was up to something bad ... now what was it? Wait, it's time for Desperate Housewives. How else to explain the lack of reaction?