All these despots have been surreptitiously crafting the dumbing down of intellectual freedom throughout education. Scary, indeed. Look around, boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen, here in the ...

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In our case, it’s not just an erosion but a deliberate dumbing down of the population and silencing of independent thought. One of the instruments in use is, paradoxically, the courts.

The BBC is facing fresh charges of dumbing down from top DJs and celebrities over changes to its London radio station. Former lead singer of The Verve, Richard Ashcroft, and DJs Paul Oakenfold and ...

The bottom of that particular barrel was scraped a long time ago. Dumbing down definitely seems to be the road to go these days. It’s the new road to success. Letters to the Editor are invited ...

FEARS of “dumbing down” kids were raised tonight after a government review proposed cutting the number of GCSE exams. MPs also warned that calls for lessons to be more “diverse” could be ...

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