This video is obviously slanted and biased as it is only 12 people, but in watching it I think it tells the story on how the media can effect the general knowledge of the general populous. 

Stick with it for the first few minutes and you will see what you know... People in general don't know important personalities in Congress.  But just wait for the 2nd set of questions about Palin and it is terribly revealing... You might not know the Speaker of the US House of Representitives, but I will be damned if you don't know how much the GOP spent on fancy dud's.

Remember, if the media can bend people's attention to that, it can do it for anything...

Before watching, I am not endorsing this video on the grounds of it being "anti-Obama"... Anyone with a camera could go find an equal number of McCain supporters that would answer these questions the exact same way... Hell, how many people called the show insisting that Obama is a Muslim?