9 out of 10 Americans Are Completely Wrong About These Mind Blowing Facts

8. Government Spending on Public Broadcasting is Minimal

Government funding for public broadcasters like NPR and PBS came under fire by Republicans back in 2011, who called for a complete halt to funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. A subsequent poll by CNN found that only 27% of Americans understood that funding for public broadcasters represents no more than 1% of the government’s total budget (and in fact is much lower than that, being just 0.01%).

7% actually believed that more than half of America’s entire budget, which would be about $1.7 trillion, was spent on public broadcasting. That would be one heck of an advertising budget!