It's not just the media's use of the word 'hacker' that gets me.
I say, do not even use the H word at all. Anyone with a true interest in computers could live without people making such a over crowded scene of things, the whole socialised ranking and classification of "computer user", the constant pushing and pulling at labels onto themselves and other people to gain some sort of self-importance or to simply use something that sounds cool. These people have no true interest in computers specificly, more like they are more into the social surroundings that come with owning and operating a computer. Sad really.