Ah, 'Issues'

[Cipher7071]

It all makes perfect sense to me.
Tomorrow's headline:

MAN BITES DOG


(in front of hotdog stand)
Sensational!

[CapnMorgan]

I've read that typically media seems to be controlled by corporate interests and will generally try to depict the government in a negative light.

This is, supposedly, because it is in corporate interests to keep government small and out of the way.

So it would make sense that they would feed us nonsense like this business with Harper and his son rather than target actual numbers that truly affect Canada.

[Jack Simth]

narf poit chez BOOM said:
What's sadder is according to an online poll, 42% think it's actually an issue.

Umm... I'd like to question the validity of any such poll.
Tell me: if someone doesn't think it's an issue, at all, how likely are they to look for things on it?
If someone does think it's an issue, how likely are they to look for things on it?
Members of which group are individually more likely to find the poll: Those who think it's an issue, or those that don't think it matters?
With my own personal opinionated answers to the above questions, I strongly suspect any such poll is going to be very highly slanted in favor of "important", regardless of how the actual poplulation in general feels about it. If it only garnered 42%.....

[narf poit chez BOOM]

That's a point.