art imitating death imitating art

Has anyone noticed that now a days you don't really have to be good anything to succeed. It msked me wonder if people are allowed to present their crappy art, in order to just lower people standards. Until everyone us so used the crappy shit, they have no idea how to recognize great art. All the good shit gets lumped in with everything else. I can name a billion mediocre productions on tv right now. And they get awards. These folks really dont know whats good any more.