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I thought this was VERY interesting:
Public Believes "Facts" that Don't Happen to Be True Permalink
[FONT="]It is considered poor form for journalists, columnists, bloggers, and wannabes to point out that the public is woefully ignorant about the news, but sad to say, that is often the case. In an interesting [FONT="]piece[/FONT], Dave Johnson lists and demolishes eight myths and gives links to detailed discussions of each item. The eight myths are:[/FONT]
Public Believes "Facts" that Don't Happen to Be True Permalink
[FONT="]It is considered poor form for journalists, columnists, bloggers, and wannabes to point out that the public is woefully ignorant about the news, but sad to say, that is often the case. In an interesting [FONT="]piece[/FONT], Dave Johnson lists and demolishes eight myths and gives links to detailed discussions of each item. The eight myths are:[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Obama tripled the deficit (No: it is lower than in Bush's last budget) [/FONT]
- [FONT="]Obama raised taxes (No: the "stimulus" contained a big tax cut) [/FONT]
- [FONT="]Obama bailed out the banks (No: the bailout happened before Obama took office) [/FONT]
- [FONT="]The "stimulus" failed (No: the CBO estimates it created 1-3 million jobs) [/FONT]
- [FONT="]Businesses will hire if they get tax cuts (No: They will hire when they sell more products) [/FONT]
- [FONT="]Health-insurance reform will cost $1 trillion (No: the CBO says it will save $138 billion) [/FONT]
- [FONT="]Social security is a Ponzi scheme (No: it will continue to be solvent for 25 years) [/FONT]
- [FONT="]Government spending takes money out of the economy (No: government buys stuff and hires people) [/FONT]