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From: perelgut@utai.UUCP (Stephen Perelgut)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: Capital Punishment Referendum
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Date: Thu, 4-Oct-84 15:13:18 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct  4 15:13:18 1984
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> Eugene Fiume
    >I hope it's obvious to everyone that the recent calls for the return of the
    >death penalty is almost totally the result of a media blitz.  Just as the
    >the incredible number of polls prior to the election shaped public opinion,
    >instead of the other way around,...

Are you suggesting that the media is making up poll results and influencing 
public opinion, or are you suggesting that the media should not report polls
since they might tend to influence the undecided portion of the populace into
taking a stand.  My vote was not changed by the media blitz, and that holds for
most intelligent people.  Should we have gullability tests before allowing
people to vote.