Edited sentence: <p>Questions remain, however, if the memorandum is authentic or merely a fabrication.Curiously, within days of the announcement of the so-called "talking-points memo", several mass media polls were condicted showing an overwhelming majority of Americans were in favor of Shaiavo's estranged husband and the courts being allowed to starve her to death.Thus, if the poll is authentic, it is questionable why a memo would be produced for political gain among such a small minority