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Putting polls to work

Posted by Patrick

Why don't television news programs and networks put public opinion polls to work by gearing their coverage to teaching, using the polls as a sort of curriculum? If a large share of the public believes, for instance, that some nation had certain weapons that it never had, and it's been proven that this nation never did, and it's clear that the mistaken impression has had large consequences for the lives and livelihoods of hundreds, nay thousands, of people, why don't producers perform a public service and educate members of the public about their errors?

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