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...opinion poll a month ahead of the Nov. 4 election showed that 12% of Americans still thought Obama was a Muslim. There are no reliable statistics on how many in the Middle East believe that, but there's some anecdotal evidence that the notion is especially popular among poor, undereducated Shi'ites in Iran and Iraq...
...Opinion polls show public opinion in Poland divided on how Jaruzelski should be judged. A December 2007 survey showed that 44% of Poles believe that the communist authorities had no choice but to impose martial law, while 45% condemn the decision. Some former Solidarity leaders, such as current Speaker of the Senate Bogdan Borusewicz, are not as forgiving of Jaruzelski as others have been. "The trial is an act of justice," Borusewicz said. "The martial law was a classic Latin-style military putsch. Jaruzelski defended the communist system, not Poland. He defended the communist dictatorship, not the state...
...health problems of the defendants. But Jaruzelski had welcomed the proceedings because he "wanted the matter to be considered by an independent court at an open trial". Many prominent lawyers, however, doubt whether a definitive verdict can emerge from courts of law. With even Poland's court of public opinion divided on the case of General Jaruzelski's declaration of martial law, it will ultimately be left to history to judge his actions...
...idea of such guided coverage in the official media was first raised by President Hu in 2007 and given a fresh boost in June when he gave a speech pressing for the party to strengthen guidance of public opinion in both new and old media. "This new policy is happening because these incidents are happening more and more often and they realize they can't control the spread of the news," says David Bandurski, a researcher at the University of Hong Kong's China Media Project. Bandurski says the Chongqing case was a textbook example of the new policy, which...
...faculty members from universities across the country and an assortment of others who have been interested in the project.” The CPL also recently published its annual “National Leadership Index,” which is compiled by HKS Professor Todd L. Pittinsky from public opinion surveys. The results this year revealed the most negative attitudes since the project began in 2005. Respondents rated their confidence level either the same or lower in every one of the 13 leadership sectors, which range from military to education to business. Gergen said the Leadership Index and the Best...