2 percent of Americans think Brian Williams is Joe Biden

[Ichingcarpenter]

Amid the controversy over Brian Williams's war tales, it's easy to forget precisely how much broadcast news anchors have fallen from their pedestals. In fact, only 27 percent of Americans can correctly identify a picture of Williams, who has now been hosting "NBC Nightly News" for more than decade, according to Pew data.

The rest either don't know, or think he is someone else, including 3 percent who think he is former "Nightly News" anchor Tom Brokaw and 2 percent who think he is Vice President Joe Biden.

The poll was conducted in August 2013 and showed the 27 percent of Americans who correctly identified Williams is far less than the 47 percent who correctly identified CBS newsman Dan Rather in a July 1985 Gallup poll -- a drop that coincides with a steady decrease in network newscast viewership since the '80s.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/02/06/2-percent-of-americans-think-brian-williams-is-joe-biden/#

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. I only recognize him from his comedy central appearances.

And I bet quite a few of the other folks who recognize him also 'know' him from those.

[MohRokTah]

2. Here's a shocking statistic!

Almost 50% of ALL people are of below average intelligence.

[pinboy3niner]

3. Don't knock it. This poll is a BFD!

[Nye Bevan]

4. I find it shocking that 50% are below the median.

And a full 10% are in the bottom decile.

These things need to be addressed.

[MohRokTah]

5. Look at it this way

About half are above average.

[Bluenorthwest]

6. What is disturbing is that Brian Williams may be among the 2% who think Brian Williams is Joe Biden

nt

[Ichingcarpenter]

7. now that's funny

I thought the poll was amusing but your insight was rotf lol