Word: opinionating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...raise incident brings up a very important fact about talk radio: critics don't take into account the fact that the opinions voiced on talk radio actually reflect popular opinion. They seem to think that the talk show hosts generate the issues themselves...
...truth is that talk-show hosts only succeed in their efforts when the crusades they support are in line with popular opinion. The role that talk radio played in stuffing Congress' raise and in repealing the state seat belt law through a referendum are good examples of this. But when a host simply belabors some quirky point or another, the callers do not respond, and the issue is quickly dropped...
...book reads well, despite annoying parenthetical injections of "comic" editorial opinion. These appear only in the first few chapters--evidently the author later realizes he can incorporate them into the body of the text. But the story lacks the creativity of the original novels: Only dedicated fans will maintain an interest...
...fact that administrators were unwilling to hear students' opinion on this subject is certainly disturbing. They should have agreed to sit down with freshmen and work out the problems with the proposal, particularly in the face of such overwhelming student dissatisfaction...
...there is definitely an argument to be made that the petition did not actually reflect student opinion, since it stated the plan incorrectly. Freshmen signed the petition under the misimpression that it represented the true lottery plan, and no one on the Undergraduate Council bothered to correct the mistakes before the document reached administrators' desks...