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There was a recent poll taken that tells us SEVENTY-SEVEN percent of the people polled believe media is making financial crisis worse. What makes this poll particularly tasty is that it was conducted by Opinion Research Corporation…the same polling company that does all of CNN’s polls.

I’ll bet you all the money in my pockets right now that this poll doesn’t get mentioned by Wolf Blitzer…

Seventy-seven percent of Americans believe that the U.S. media is making the economic situation worse by projecting fear into people’s minds. The majority of those surveyed feel that the financial press, by focusing on and embellishing negative news, is damaging consumer confidence and damping investment, making a difficult situation much worse. The poll was conducted via telephone, December 4 – 7.

Richard L. Scheff, a national expert on corporate liability and white collar crime issues, warns media that they could potentially be exposed to liability despite apparent constitutional protections: “Although statements by the media are protected by the First Amendment, the survey results demonstrate that the public believes that the press bears some responsibility for the lack of confidence in the economy. One would hope that the media would act less out of self-interest in these times of national crisis,” said Mr. Scheff, vice chairman and partner with Philadelphia-based law firm Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads.