No, white, upper-middle class mid-wits watch "authoritative" information that is provided to them by the Leftist Intelligentsia, that way it makes them feel like they are more "knowledgable" and "educated".

Instead of making a class distinction, they've managed to construct "education" distinction, and mixed it with fart-huffington post-narcissism.

They have a copy of The Economist. That means, by definition, they are smarter than you.