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Americans are more interested in the IRS email scandal than the World Cup

By Becket Adams

Published July 1, 2014 11:00pm ET

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Americans are more interested in the IRS email scandal than the World Cup — Belgium's goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois can not stop a shot by United States' Julian Green as he scored his side's goal in extra time during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Belgium and the USA at the Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador, Brazil, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) | Natacha Pisarenko

Americans are more interested in following the IRS scandal than they are in following the 2014 World Cup, according to the Pew Research Center.

To be specific, Americans are more interested in the disappearance of nearly two years’ worth of emails belonging to Lois Lerner, a disgraced former IRS official at the center of the targeting scandal, than they are in the international soccer tournament.

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