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In article <8APR199214001279@sscvx1.ssc.gov> sawyer@sscvx1.ssc.gov (Lee Sawyer) writes:

>                                 However can you imagine the response
> if Leon Lederman or Phillip Anderson spoke on the presidential race ?
> He would be crucified by the media, if they paid any attention at all.

Well, pretty much anybody of any stature who speaks out on politics
will get crucified by the media.  Sometimes you just have to pay the
price if you are going to make a contribution.  I'm more concerned
about your last phrase, "If [the media] paid any attention at all."
Unfortunately movie stars can support political candidates or causes
and people (including the media) give them coverage as though they
knew something special.  Scientists usually don't get as much
attention (unless they speak out in support of some popular or
politically correct idea).  Jane Fonda has a lot more influence on
the nuclear power plant issue than do the people who really know
something about the issue.