Does not knowing make an answer no longer incorrect?

According to a survey about Australia Day on news.com.au "less than half those surveyed could correctly name January 26 as the day the First Fleet landed".

Ok fair enough I say considering how few Australians are actually what Australians would consider Australian. It is sort of a weird date to celebrate since really it is just a bunch of people turning up to a piece of land that was already discovered and inhabited. It would be over 100 years until it would become a country as such anyway, but it is the National Day and everyone needs one of those.

The bit about the report that made me think was this:
"In all, more than 40 per cent of those surveyed got the answer wrong.
A more honest response came from the 16 per cent of respondents who admitted they did not know what the date represented."

Does not knowing something mean you didn't get an answer incorrect? Technically this is true, but is written rather poorly as it is claiming 40% were not being 100% honest somehow. Does giving the wrong answer make one less than honest? Obviously nothing much is said about the survey itself, but if you have 16% admitting "they did not know what the date represented" makes it sound as if they were the ones who were not even willing to take a guess. This sounds a little unAustralian to me; they weren't even willing to 'av-ago (ya mug)!

The most relevant part of the story is in the first sentence which states: "CONTROVERSY may be raging over whether Australia Day should be moved to a new date, but a poll shows most people don't know what it commemorates anyway." I don't think 56 % qualifies as "most".

Journalism is not what it used to be; I believe it has been said ignorance is not an excuse!

... and on the subject of ignorance, have a look at this story I'm not racist, says 'f*** off' teen... "16-year-old Sharon from Cherrybrook said she was not being racist or aiming at "anyone especially in Australia"". Um, ok then... this time it is our own human ignorance that makes us interpret this phrase as being racist and closed/simple minded... and BTW Australia is far from full!