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To: TimF who wrote (14066)	3/7/2006 12:16:09 PM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543488

You shouldn't accept them just because they are made by the MRC, but you also shouldn't reject them just for that reason. No, but you would agree that a group set up expressly to prove an opinion X=Y, with that as its predetermined stance, might not be the most disinterested party or reliable witness when it reports that "X=Y", and may even be selective or slanted in the evidence it chooses and reports? Assuming for the while it is credible, I'd simply lump this with the surveys indicating that the most educated classes are more opposed to the right wing. I'd also ask whether you think this is colouring their reporting? Or whether you - or the MRC - are reporting a possible finding in such a way as to attempt to prejudice people to believe this is the case? ALso, discounting the obviously involved and hence necessarily partisan politicians and state agents, the journalists are probably closest (hence presumably best-informed) about current events and the state of affairs. Do you find it significant that they appear so 'liberal' in outlook, i.e., do you think a fair conclusion might be that the more people who are not directly involved know, the less they opine with this current government?