'What Does FDR Stand For?' Americans Bungle Basic Presidential History (VIDEO)

FoxNation.com ^ | Jan 11 | Staff

[JesseWatters]

'Factor' producer surveying the folks about presidential politics and leadership. Most of them have a hard time even identifying past U.S. presidents, let alone remembering their policies and accomplishments.

[Fiji Hill]

Newscaster George Putnam once said that he knew something was wrong when he asked an adolescent the name of the first president—and the reply was, “was it Jefferson?” Years later, he told of hearing from young people that Dwight Eisenhower was president during the seventeenth century.

[Fiji Hill]

Every time I see one of those "man in the street" quizes, I wonder what the real success rate is. If 9 out of 10 people recognized the presidents it wouldn't make for interesting TV, so you edit it to focus on the ones who miss.

A few years ago, Sean Hannity sent out his girl reporter to do a man-in-the-street quiz as to what we celebrate on July 4. No one came even close to getting the right answer. The quiz was apparently conducted live and not edited. At the end, the reporter herself admitted that she really didn't know what the holiday was about and took a guess that it was to celebrate the conclusion of WWI.

[Osage Orange]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm1KOBMg1Y8

[Verginius Rufus]

...a man-in-the-street quiz as to what we celebrate on July 4.

They should get credit if they answered "Stephen Foster's birthday" or "Calvin Coolidge's birthday."