Word: opinionating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more solemn moments, the press likes to proclaim its devotion to the pub lic interest, but, as it goes about its daily routine, it is more prosaically concerned with what interests the public. In the support of some cause, the press may brave ly or stubbornly defy public opinion, but it never for long pursues topics the pub lic tunes out on. The Democratic campaign began much too early, the public quickly tired of the hassling that went on all spring between Walter Mondale, Gary Hart and Jesse Jackson, and both conventions got only so-so television ratings. A public...
...both candid and prescient: "In my judgment, the President got very tired at the end. He seemed quite disorganized in his closing remarks." The public felt that way too about the first debate. The widespread distress at Reagan's lackluster performance shook the press from its initial timid opinion that Mondale had won a narrow victory on "the debating points...
With this sanction from public opinion, Reagan's "age factor" became a big news story. ABC's Sam Donaldson predicted that to win the second debate, Reagan had only not to drool. By relieving anxieties about his health, Reagan "won" the second debate while losing again on points; the proof was that he stayed high in the polls...
John Maynard Keynes once regretted devoting "our intelligences to anticipating what average opinion expects the average opinion to be." Perhaps he was anticipating the most pretested presidential campaign in history...
...while the President remains extremely popular, there are no indications that America has, by and large, identified itself with the Administration's policies. Polling data demonstrates that many of those voting for the President do not agree with him ideologically. According to a late summer survey conducted by Market Opinion Research, a Detroit-based polling firm, Democrats still outnumber Republicans, 33 percent to 23 percent, with a full 33 percent of the electorate identified as independent. Eighteen to 24-year-old voters supported the President most enthusiastically, yet polling shows that younger voters remain the most liberal age group. Much...