the enemy within

I grabbed the jpeg below from here.

This is what we are up against. The problem is not that Connie is such an airhead that she thinks Daylight Savings Time actually increases the daily duration of daylight. (How does that work? You see what a problem death is? If only Newton or Einstein were around to smack her upside the head. Please tell me I don't have to explain this.)

The problem is one of the following: 1. Either the newspaper editor has similar vacant real estate inside his head; or 2. The editor thinks that we, collectively, are complete morons. I am torn on which alternative applies.