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..and they are not too pleased. Of course it's easy and fashionable to hate the news media, but their worst attributes come out in an election year, but so do those of the politicians. Our most recent poll asked, "How Would You Describe Overall News Media Coverage Of The Presidential Election Campaign?"

We only had 27 respondents this week, which I suppose is attributable to all eyes being on Florida and South Carolina (they made me watch.....), but of those, 13 or basically half answered that it is "Too focused on meaningless trivia." Five readers said it is "About as fair and balanced as Pravda." Four replied it is "Centrist, bland, boring" while three said it is "Too analytical, not enough basic reporting." Only one reader replied it is "Approaching fairness, accuracy and balance" and finally, one also said "None of the above."

As always, CP cautions readers that there is nothing scientific about this poll. It is about as fair and balanced as is Pravda, but some weeks we have tremendous response, and some weeks, fewer responses. Generally we find that CP readers come from a broad range of perspective on issues. Send your ideas for a poll to foerp@msn.com .

This week's poll is about one of CP's favorite topics--public transportation. We invite you to vote.