wmartin@ALMSA-1.ARPA (01/20/87)
Does anyone have any explanation why the national TV coverage of some of the California referenda was extensive before the election, but seemed to drop off to zero afterwards, without even publicizing the results as much as they publicized the existence of the questions in the first place? I had been wondering the fate of the "English as the officla language" and "AIDS quarantine" measures, both of which were discussed extensively on various media prior to the election. I never heard the results in the days after the elction, and finally got a Wall Street Journal issue from the library that contained a summary. (The English-as-official language passed overwhelmingly; the AIDS one failed, but they didn't say by how much.) Maybe those of you with local CA coverage can post some comments on just how the "English-as-official-language" principle will be implemented and the actual effects it will have (or has had). The pre-election coverage speculated on that, but now that it is for real, there should be more hard data. Will Martin -------