Why was there a prejudice against fiction during the 2000s?

[KnightInShiningArmorDis92]

During the 2000s we had well dressed well groomed people on the news saying things like The Walking Dead is limiting America from achieving it's full potential.

https://www.foxnews.com/health/dr-m...-with-the-walking-dead-is-hurting-our-society

And "Bulletstorm" will turn you into a rapist.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/remember-when-fox-news-tried-to-take-on-bulletstorm

What was up with all that snobbery?

It was like people who grew up during the 80s-90s were conditioned to hate creativity.

 

[Karin1984]

Because Americans cannot distinguish facts from fiction? There were parents in Texas who didn't let their children travel to Europe after the movie Taken with Liam Neeson.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture...s-your-children-wont-get-taken-in-Europe.html

 

[_19disnA]

Our monthly sci-fi/space/fiction thread?...............LOL.

 

[NYCgrrl]

It’s Fox- whadda you expect?
I never noted a decrease in fictional books during the ‘90’s

 

[cabanafrau]

Query pre-supposes outcome. I reject the premise.

 

[VandVsmama]

During the 2000s we had well dressed well groomed people on the news saying things like The Walking Dead is limiting America from achieving it's full potential.

https://www.foxnews.com/health/dr-m...-with-the-walking-dead-is-hurting-our-society

And "Bulletstorm" will turn you into a rapist.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/remember-when-fox-news-tried-to-take-on-bulletstorm

What was up with all that snobbery?

It was like people who grew up during the 80s-90s were conditioned to hate creativity.

honestly, those opinions from 20 yr ago, in MY opinion, are old news and don't matter anymore. It's time to move on. Live in the now. Doesn't matter if somebody didn't like your favorite TV show 20 yr ago.