There's quite a bit of coverage online of this report that basicvally says that Americans are not good at distinguishing between news coverage and opinion. Here's Poynter, here's API, here's Knight. Not surprisingly, "Americans' level of education makes a difference. Indeed, those with more education are more likely to classify factual and opinion statements correctly." Respondants who trust the press are also more likely to distinguish properly between fact and opinion. This suggests some of the more interesting coverage of the report: learning from what makes people trust news media, and in particular, learning from how weather reports present complex, scientific and often uncertain news.
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