>>>Is this a good thing?
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>>>In spite of the increasing variety of ways to get the news, the proportion of [Americans] young people getting no news on a typical day has increased substantially over the past decade. About a third of those younger than 25 (34%) say they get no news on a typical day, up from 25% in 1998
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>>>http://people-press.org/report/444/news-media
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>>That makes good democrats.
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>I know that was a throwaway line, but several things in that article, and other stuff I've seen in the past, make me feel reasonably certain that in fact, the folks who pay more attention to the news and have more knowledge of government are more likely to be on the left than the right. In the article, one hint comes from this paragraph:
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>"Regular readers of magazines such as The New Yorker, The Atlantic and Harper's Magazine stand out for their high level of political knowledge. Nearly half (47%) answered three political knowledge questions correctly - the highest percentage of any news audience."
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>I'm not sure about Harper's, but I think most would agree that The New Yorker and The Atlantic lean left.
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>Another hint in the article had to do with education levels. On the whole, the studies I've seen in the past show correlation between more education and leaning to the left politically.
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>Tamar

Yikes. I regularly read all three mags. They are my only subscriptions right now. I consider myself pretty much a centrist...(regardless of the nonsense I post here to play the devils advocate too many times)...but definitely NOT left... :o)