Harper hit the skids?? Where are the editorials on corruption?

Polls are the second part of a one two punch. The first punch is the fact that most media support the Liberals despite the fact that the worst corruption in the past number of decades has taken place. So anything that is slightly negative about the Conservatives is blown out of proportion while anything negative about the Liberals is minimized and glossed over and excused. This has a psychological effect on the public because most of the Media portray Harper as scary while corruption ends up as just standard operating procedure and of minor significance.Does mass communicaton on a subject one way or other affect the way people answer polls? If 80% of the stories are negative about Harper or the Conservatives, that won't affect poll results?

The polls reflect a snapshot of the public's opinion at a point in time. If Harper is consistently portrayed by most of the media as scary then that has an effect on the results of polls since people only remember what is in the media most recently. Polls are also skewed by the type of questions asked and by those available to answer polls.Does the methodology of polls tell anything about the relationship between the pollsters and any previous government contracts ? Do they say whether they have worked on Liberal government contracts previously and maybe get additional work in the future? Does it matter?

Once upon a time the media acted in the public's interest, it looks like things have changed when corruption takes a distant second place to propping up a government that apparently knew nothing about any corruption in the sponsorship scandal.The public are still waiting for somebody to justify why the government would give money to an agency that took a commission and then gave the remainder to the RCMP for a special celebration instead of the government giving money to the RCMP, a part of the government, directly.If there is a disconnect between the media and reality , eventually there will be a disconnect between the media and the public.It wouldn't hurt to have a little more balance in the media.