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When evidence surfaces that a significant portion of the public has just got a hole in the picture ... this is a potential problem in the way democracy functions," says Clay Ramsay, research director for the Washington-based Program on International Policy Attitudes, which studies foreign-policy issues.

This piece is nothing more than the latest shot by liberals at trying to silence conservatives (along with recent attacks on Limbaugh and the revisiting of the Fairness Doctrine.)

For those who didn't read the article, they have three statements they claim are false. The second is that WMDs have been found in Iraq. Didn't Kay say they had found some already - e.g. a vile of botulism toxin? I am sure there are other Freepers who have paid closer attention that could answer that.

The bottom line is that this "study" was conducted by a couple of far left organizations with the intent to discredit what they view to be conservative media and to boost the far left NPR.

Note one more thing. They say that 80% of Fox viewers hold one of the three opinions they claim is false. However, 71% of CBS viewers and 61% of ABC viewers also fall into that category according to their study. Of course, that doesn't make it into the headline. The question arises. Given those percentages, could it be that NPR is incorrect?

The study itself is biased. The so called misconceptions that were blamed on Fox News are skewed because most of the people who listen to NPR believed the opposite to begin with.

The Baltimore Sun is a propaganda machine.

The second is that WMDs have been found in Iraq. Didn't Kay say they had found some already - e.g. a vile of botulism toxin?

There have also been a few confirmed finds of mustard gas, and mustard-mixes. Not huge finds, but finds nonetheless.