Do I really need to know what GTL means?

I was watching the rebroadcast of the VMA's today and wondering what bizarre world into which I had stepped.  Maybe I'm just on the road to being an old fuddy-duddy but I found it appalling that Justin Bieber beat out actual talented artists to receive Best New Artist, especially after his performance that was so obviously lip synced.  Don't get me wrong, there were some killer performances, my faves being Florence and the Machine and Taylor Swift, but has the music industry lowered it's standards so much that they think we would not just accept this crap but reward it?  Perhaps it is due to the fact that MTV no longer plays music videos.  I remember when the only reality show on MTV was The Real World but soon there was Road Rules, then the challenges and before we knew it TRL was gone.  The newest addition is Jersey Shore, with "stars" that are the incarnation of cheese whiz.  Every time I flip through the channels this tripe is on MTV, and seemingly every other channel.  There is just no avoiding it, no matter how much I'd wish to.  It is infuriating that this is what's keeping quality music and entertainment off the air.  Dammit, I want my MTV-like it was 10 years ago.