This is not a scientific sample, but an exercise to help student develop critical thinking skills about journalism as a profession. In February of 1998 students asked 148 Connecticut residents at random about their views on a series of First Amendment Questions. The surveys show a drop in public confidence in the press in the past three years since the survey began.
Students ask random people to answer the questions.
But the results track nationals polls of similar topics relatively closely. The Constitution guarantees freedom of the press in the First Amendment. There are sometimes abuses of the First Amendment. Lady Diana- 12 mentions. O.J. Simpson- 9 mentions.