Battlepanda: Who is Middle America?

Battlepanda

Always trying to figure things out with the minimum of bullshit and the maximum of belligerence.

Saturday, March 04, 2006

Who is Middle America?

Why is it that when a TV journalist decide to take the pulse of the nation they inevitably head to the heartland to interview a salt-of-the-earth farmer type even though they are just about an endangered species rather than the silent majority? Kung Fu Monkey has got a great post about this. Apparently there are 2 million farm and ranch workers in America. As opposed to 4 million players of World of Warcraft. Why is it that our conception of who the Middle Americans are have not changed with the times?