Most of you probably know through conversations with friends and family that teh vast majority of the public have absolutely no idea what net neutrality is, or what the fight over a neutral Internet is even about. According to a new study by the Pew Research Center, that's in part courtesy of a lack of exposure. The firm found that major broadcast networks and cable news channels simply aren't bothering to even cover the debate:

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An analysis of 2,820 news programs from January 1, 2014 through May 12 across eight different network and cable news channels found just 25 programs mentioned the term net neutrality. What’s more, six of those programs, the most of any channel, were on Al Jazeera America, a new channel that is not available in many American households. On, CNN, the second-largest cable news network, we found just a single program mentioned net neutrality in the 658 programs on CNN studied since January.

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Pew found that newspapers were somewhat better, though as the New York Times illustrated this week, coverage of net neutrality isn't worth much if the paper (website/blog) doesn't actually understand what it's talking about, or has a financial stake in misinforming viewers and readers.