How is Captain Beatty's description of history similar to our society today?

In Beatty's recollection of the history in Fahrenheit 451, it is told that the masses pushed for a simplification of literature and media. Films became much easier to understand, artistry and subtlety gave way to mere entertainment, and literature eventually became forgotten entirely. Furthermore, education went through significant changes: "School [was] shortened, disciplined relaxed, languages dropped, English and spelling gradually relaxed."
Comparing this to modern society would be simple; first, if we look at cinema over the past few decades, the amount of originality in films has diminished significantly. In 2011, of the fifteen top-grossing films in the United States, only one—Bridesmaids—was an original story; the others were all reboots or remakes. In a sense, this suggests a simplification of films and media, for people are more likely to pay to see repetitive stories that have already been made in a different form than to see more thought-provoking, insightful works. In another example, the average amount of time a television is on in the typical American home is seven hours. This highly suggests that literature and other forms of recreation are being replaced with television; compare this to Mildred's obsession with her soap operas, and one can see that Bradbury's dystopia is not too far away from our own society.