People who watch The Daily Show and Colbert Report know the most about current events
A new Pew Survey of 1,502 adults showed that people who watch the Daily Show and Colbert Report know more about current events than those who follow other news organizations. People who watch Fox News, apparently, scored dismally low. Only 1 out of 3 could answer the majority of questions correctly:
Other details are equally eye-opening. Pew judged the levels of knowledgeability (correct answers) among those surveyed and found that those who scored the highest were regular watchers of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show and Colbert Report. They tied with regular readers of major newspapers in the top spot — with 54% of them getting 2 out of 3 questions correct. Watchers of the Lehrer News Hour on PBS followed just behind.
Virtually bringing up the rear were regular watchers of Fox News. Only 1 in 3 could answer 2 out of 3 questions correctly. Fox topped only network morning show viewers.
I read through the list of questions, and I was able to answer all correctly. Go me.
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