Poll suggests coverage affected people’s views of recent major events
An opinion poll made public yesterday indicated that the media, particularly television, has played a significant role in shaping public opinion over recent key issues such as the alleged abduction of Pakistani migrants and the killing of an Albanian national.
The survey, conducted by VPRC on behalf of Skai Radio, found that
32 percent of respondents thought the Albanian community was at least partly to blame for the murder of a 17-year-old Albanian in Rethymnon, Crete, on New Year’s Day.
The teenager was allegedly stabbed by a group of Greeks after an altercation at a local bar. There was a rise in ethnic tension on the island in the wake of the stabbing and some locals expressed on television the view that the Albanian community had provoked the incident. According to yesterday’s poll,
44 percent of the 949 people questioned believe the murder cannot be justified.
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