21st Century News Reporting

I see information like this:

So I'm not surprised when I read stories like this:

http://www.express.co.uk/news/

Governments think it is to their advantage to keep the general population uneducated because stupid people are easier to control - they will unthinkingly vote against their own best interests if told to do so by their superiors.

Trouble is (as the Arabs have discovered) when the population gets too dumbed-down they turn into raving lunatics and join groups like ISIS.