Third of Americans blame Saddam for 9/11

Dan Gillmor points out that Americans are still labouring under a myth about Iraq. A story in yesterday's New York Times carried this poll finding: is the following incredible finding from a new poll: 33% of all Americans believe Saddam Hussein was personally involved in the attacks on 9/11. Gillmor argues that it's the fault of media organisations which "are doing so little to correct the record... it is not enough to run an occasional story debunking the lie... If the job of the press is not to make as many people as possible understand the truth about big issues such as this, then what is?" (Via Centre for Citizen Media)