<![CDATA[Pew Survey Reveals Sadly Uninformed Public -- And 5% Say Rupert Murdoch is British Prime Minister]]>

1.0 link 119628 <![CDATA[Pew Survey Reveals Sadly Uninformed Public -- And 5% Say Rupert Murdoch is British Prime Minister]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-mitchell/pew-survey-reveals-sadly_b_119628.html I posted here yesterday about the in-depth new Pew Survey which, among many other things, gave respondents a three-question current events test. The results showed, for example, that viewers of certain "fake news" shows (Stewart, Colbert) performed better than those who favor many "real news" programs (such as Dobbs, O'Reilly). But what about the overall test scores for all viewers/readers?

Pretty pathetic.

Only 53% correctly identified the Democrats as being in control of Congress, with 15% picking the GOP-- and 32% not...

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