We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/making_the_news.html Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification I don't where I've heard it, but somebody once said polls are done by media outlets in order to make the news rather than report it. In other words, they use a poll as a way to report on a topic they want to write about, but in which significant news is not being made. I'm not sure I've ever seen a more obvious case than this:The AP-mtvU survey found that overall, eight in 10 college students say they feel stress, including four in 10 who say it affects them often. The most often mentioned causes include school, money and... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/making_the_news.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/making_the_news.html Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:51:34 -0600