The American public has not absorbed the basic facts of many major news stories of recent months. While most Americans know that Nelson Mandela was elected in South Africa, and that Richard Nixon was the President forced to resign over Watergate, a new nationwide survey by the Times Mirror Center found the public largely uninformed about major national and international news stories.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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