My first reaction of sadness and condemnation is probably not my best. This is because the study only probes right-leaning misconceptions. I'd be interested to know the results if they included 3 left-leaning misconceptions as well.

But then I started to wonder what left-leaning misconception you could include. I'm sure that Tom could come up with a good list? Certainly nothing to do with the number of antiquities lost/stolen/destroyed since this is a number that is different every time you read a new story about it.

Maybe % of Iraqi's that prefer the US to stay in Iraq for a while? Problem is that we get conflicting numbers depending on who is polled and where they are polled. Conflicting numbers keep folks from forming a coherent view, and also prevent the study from declaring that one view is false and another is true (the next poll out may the study obsolete before it is published).

Suggestions?