Lots of other people feel this way, too

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The US News Media in Global Context

In the survey, 60% of respondents said they sometimes did not read news from around the world because they lacked the background information to understand it. (They could give as many answers as they felt applied to them.)

This was the number one reason given for not following international news.

For more information about the survey, you can go to the Pew Center's website and read the report, Public's News Habits Little Changed by September 11: Americans Lack Background to Follow International News.

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Reason for sometimes not following international news	% of respondents who gave this as a reason
I sometimes don't have enough background information to follow international news stories.	60%
It seems like the same news all the time, nothing ever really changes.	47%
Events in other parts of the world don't affect me.	40%
There is too much reporting of wars and violence.	38%