By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community

From The Critic as Artist, 1891 by Oscar Wilde.

Puritans cannot destroy a beautiful thing, yet, by means of their extraordinary prurience, they can almost taint beauty for a moment. It is chiefly, I regret to say, through journalism that such people find expression. I regret it because there is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.