Misinformed Americans

Recently on his blog, Ezra Klein commented on the contrasting poll results on the popularity of the health-care plan. One graph stated that 52.1% did not approve of the plan, yet a different poll stated that for each main component of the bill at least 50% or more agreed on it. Why are the results so different? And why are Americans so misinformed when it comes to the health-care reform?

Klein commented, "if you actually tell people what's in the health-care reform bill, then it becomes quite popular." Why is it so hard for many of us to do the background information to make our own decisions. Many of us rely on our peers or role models to help come to a conclusion. Maybe it has to do with the fact that media is misleading us with the information they are giving us. Passing out polls that are not questioned correctly, or made clear can change the public view on a subject. One of the huge issues we have today as americans is making our own choices and not being influences by others. "The quality of information that the public has routine access to is simply too low"(Klein).