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My observations -- for what they are worth:
There has been the thought that exact physics is not all that necessary for
most intro classes -- eg "energy flowing" is good enough. What a
frightening thought! It is true that our students have been prepared by
cartoons, Bill Nye, and under-prepared teachers. However, it is not
totally the teachers fault; they learned physics from like teachers; and
they from like teachers, and they...
Now good instructors will step in and try to stem this pitiful momentum