Word: opinionated
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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What if they wrote an article about the Intercollegiate conference but never checked out the facts? Then you would have Eric Fried's "Philadelphia Story" opinion piece, which appeared in The Crimson on March 7. The article is basically flawed and requires a response. Leaving aside the sarcastic tone and pejorative phrases running through the entire article, we should point out the several factual errors and mistaken impressions in the piece...
...fundamental point puts the whole article in perspective: when a paper prints a long opinion piece but very little in the way of news, the paper puts the uninformed or casual reader in the position of having to accept opinion for fact. This problem is especially salient in this case since Fried's opinions were based on "facts" which he never corroborated. Further, his own opinion is not given any perspective because the article fails to mention that he was a delegate to the conference. To create this kind of a situation is, we think, irresponsible journalism on the part...
...people doubted the genuineness of Carter's motives in taking such risks, but there was also no doubt that he was sorely in need of some kind of victory. On the eve of his departure, he had sunk to his lowest point in the public-opinion polls since July 1978 (63% negative in the Harris survey), partly because voters generally believe that he is floundering in his foreign policy and has lost control of events. Said Joel Fleishman, director of Duke University's Institute for Policy Sciences and Public Affairs: "Carter needs a success. The ripest possibility...
...Relations Committee, in response to a proposal by two Senators that the U.S. send observers to monitor the Rhodesian vote. Moose said that the U.S. opposed the election because the Patriotic Front was excluded from it and the new government might not be supported by black Rhodesians or international opinion. In fact, under the new constitution, whites will still dominate the army, judiciary and civil service. Moose feared that the election might lead to an escalation of the guerrilla war and direct involvement by "outside powers," meaning Cuba and the Soviet Union...
...examining force them to turn away from the phenomenon itself. They prefer to tabulate its incidence and parameters. So, even though they maintain their scientific detachment and method in analyzing data, to collect it they have had no convenient choice but to adopt the time-tested techniques of public opinion polling. Subjects are asked merely to declare their degree of happiness, not define it. Even Pollster Louis Harris turns up as an unlikely temporary happyologist, reporting for this month's Playboy that while 49% of American men rank sexual satisfaction as "very important" to happiness, 84% give that same...