I do think in many ways people are simple - perhaps due to laziness or sheer availability, many people find rather simple, unimaginative music to be a fit for them.
But some of these shock jocks have openly intelligent people eating out of the palms of their hands - many a reference is made to Kyle Sandilands, for instance. Now, because his os the station I listen to at work, I can listen to him prattle on with Jackie O every morning. But what surprises me is that, whilst he isn't the most articulate or 'bright' of people, by the way he talks and even in his jokes to callers I can see that the man has some semblance of intelligence. And whether he is loved or hated, he has some sort of charisma, too.
It puzzles me why people continue to bite and fall for shock jocks' stances over issues and comments - their entire objective is to divide the population and outrage many whilst provoking certain discussions. And they do it to a tee, because journalists then go to their blogs and columns and write about them. One wouldn't feed an internet troll (provided one's clever enough to see through it, of course!) - why would one feed these people's egos by making them the spotlight of our attention?
In the immortal words of Lisa Simpson and Paul Anka, "Just don't look!"
