In the survey, 38% of respondents indicated that one reason
they sometimes don't follow international news is that there
is too much reporting of wars and violence. (They could cite
as many of the four reasons as they felt applied to them).
However, more people said they sometimes did not read news
from around the world because they lacked the background information
to understand it.
For more information about the survey, you can go to the Pew
Center's website and read the report, Public's
News Habits Little Changed by September 11: Americans Lack Background
to Follow International News.
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