It's pretty clear from that piece by Helen Thomas that she's not too well informed herself.

Alternatively, if she really thinks Americans are "the best-informed people in the world" she must must have the most profound contempt for the ability of people in other countries to know what is happening in the world.

That's going by the story that started off this thread. Here's the link to it once more.

Reemember, it appears to indicate that sixty percent of Americans actually believe at least one of these propositions, all of which are total cobblers:

U.S. forces found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

There's clear evidence that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein worked closely with the Sept 11 terrorists.

People in foreign countries generally either backed the U.S.-led war or were evenly split between supporting and opposing it.

Sixty per cent - and that's not even counting the ones who said "don't know". "The variety and breadth of newspaper stories make Americans the best-informed people in the world. Well, they could be if they wanted to be, and are when they do want to be.