Decius wrote:
] ... recent Gallup results on American opinions about
] the Iraq war. ... Was Saddam involved with the 911 attacks?
]
] The rate is as high now as it has ever been.
] The only thing worse than our grasp of the facts
] is our attention span.
]
] As long as so many people remain completely
] incapable of independent thought they will always
] be the victims of big marketing budgets.

I once logged a study that found a positive correlation between time spent watching major broadcast media outlets and fundamental confusion about the facts of current events.

I can't find it at the moment ...

RE: Gallup Poll Analyses - Americans are clueless