Committee for Skeptical Inquiry

[Barry Karr <SkeptInq@AOL.COM>]

Understanding What the American Public Really Thinks About Stem Cell and Cloning Research

Matthew Nisbet
http://www.csicop.org/scienceandmedia/controversy/public-opinion.html

Few science and technology-related issues have sparked as much survey attention in the U.S. as the controversy over stem cell and therapeutic cloning research. Interest groups, advocates, and policymakers on both sides of the debate have taken advantage of poll results to support their claims that the public backs their preferred policy outcomes, and the competing camps have staged ongoing public communication campaigns in an effort to shape public opinion. Journalists have also highlighted the results of these surveys, using poll figures to complement their coverage of "who is ahead and who is behind" in the competition to decide stem cell and cloning-related policy.

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We certainly appreciate the help our readers have given us in spreading the word.  And, of course, this has given us an idea.  Perhaps you can recommend to us some people you think might be interested in the Skeptical Inquirer and the efforts of CSICOP.  We will send them a sample issue and information on us (while supplies last) along with a note stating that you, our reader, recommended this person to us.

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CSICOP

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