Pew wrote: "Americans are not paying very close attention to news about the conflict"
That not only blames the people (thereby absolving the media) but it gets the story exactly backwards.
The people are being misinformed by media or not informed at all.
Full disclosure: I once worked for Pew (but not for very long!) and can attest that they are totally corporate culture.
(BTW, the Pew Foundation endowment money comes from Sun Oil Co.)
Pew wrote: "Americans are not paying very close attention to news about the conflict"
That not only blames the people (thereby absolving the media) but it gets the story exactly backwards.
The people are being misinformed by media or not informed at all.
Full disclosure: I once worked for Pew (but not for very long!) and can attest that they are totally corporate culture.
(BTW, the Pew Foundation endowment money comes from Sun Oil Co.)