"Wherever I go, my first object, if I wish to find out the truth, is to get hold of the Free Press in France as in England, and even in America. But I know that

"Wherever I go, my first object, if I wish to find out the truth, is to get hold of the Free Press in France as in England, and even in America. But I know that wherever I get hold of such an organ it will be very strongly coloured with the opinion, or even fanaticism, of some minority. The Free Press, as a whole, if you add it all up and cancel out one exaggerated statement against another, does give you a true view of the state of society in which you live. The Official Press to-day gives you an absurdly false one everywhere." Hilaire Belloc - The Free Press (The free press here being the ideological press) I remember reading many surveys where centrists end up being less knowledgeable than those on the extremes of the ideological spectrum. This is just one I found googling but I know there's more out there. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/10/political-moderates-and-independents-are-not-as-smart-on-average/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/10/political-mod...