Mediagazer: Survey: NPR's listeners best-informed, Fox viewers worst-informed (Andrew Beaujon/Poynter)

7:55 PM ET, May 23, 2012

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Survey: NPR's listeners best-informed, Fox viewers worst-informed — People who watch no news at all can answer more questions about international current events than people who watch cable news, a survey by Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind finds.

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Erik Wemple:

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Brian Stelter / New York Times:

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Julie Moos / Poynter:

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Jim Romenesko:

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

New Woodward book to focus on Obama's handling of economy — Bob Woodward will release a new book this September about President Obama's handling of the economy, the issue that is all but certain to matter most to voters when they head to the polls less than two months later.

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Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

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