Recollection; in 1952, teenagers were concerned
because if Eisenhower should be elected everyone would be drafted at 17, and we
will go to World War III. The slanted opinions showed Adlai Stevenson should be
president.
Daily, we see and hear the opinions and trends published
and broadcast. Opinions are discerned from voters’ responses to crafted
pollster questions. A selected sample of voters are asked special questions as
how the voters perceive office holders are doing in their office. Results are
often expressed to make opinions of parties look worse, or more favorable than
they are. Pollsters provide predictions or results to the Press. The
publication gathers attention to favored approaches and crafted opinions,
regardless of misdirects.
Pollsters and media should present ideas to show
possible common grounds between parties? Common grounds exist but seldom do
news or pollsters present positive ideas or views. The First Amendment provides
that Right. We need an Amendment that requires discourse, not opinions that
have been slanted. Get away from the fighting against a selected candidate, or
party or Office Holder. Practice true
discourse of ideas, rather than polls of Party against Party. Print, and voice,
facts not opinions. Being first to report something negative should not make it
true, nor make the source honorable or famous.
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