Once again an interviewer tries to defend a point about which she has no idea.

The interviewer tries to defend a point about which she has no real clue, a situation all too common today that virtually stifles all discourse through empty talk. This interview excerpt is not only yet another proof of the incompetence of the media and the servility of those in it, but it also shows a rather serious element concerning the forms of contemporary discourse. The lack of intellectual autonomy in our age is frighteningly visible before our eyes, and yet, precisely because of this emptiness, it appears normal or natural. How will an age that has fallen so low regain possession of rational discourse and thoughtful thinking?