Today we have the mainstream media who also uncritically accept the prevailing views, choosing their opinions by popularity, dull-mindedness, or opportunism rather than by reason.
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Judging by the popularity of the app, Google is right about people asking for it.
In recent years, Dell has struggled to cope with the upheaval unleashed by the popularity of smartphones and tablet computers.
Event director Sara Birkinshaw said she had been surprised by its popularity.
It could also be possible that the word has been popularised among children by the popularity of the pop group the Fugees.
It's Microsoft's way of addressing a challenge to PCs brought about by the popularity of the iPad and tablets running Google's Android system.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) Samsung Electronics Co. said fourth-quarter profits soared a better-than-expected 76 percent, boosted by the popularity of its Galaxy smartphones.
According to Byng, Europe's economic headwinds create challenges, but ones which are offset in part by the popularity of London and Paris as travel destinations.
The nameplate has tallied 14 consecutive months of year-over-year sales gains lead by the popularity of the new LaCrosse (up 20% last month over 2009).
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Many novelty Twitterers with large followings are baffled by their popularity, which has led them to think about the relationship between the Internet and the real world.
As proved by the popularity of the corpse zombie, it's hard to know what will work until it's put in front of 1.6 million people per day, she said.
The pupils said they enjoyed the variety of meals on offer, which is borne out by their popularity - more than half the children choose to take lunch at school.
After working her way through fashion college, Silvinha started offering craft and dressmaking courses to residents before establishing the business to meet the demand created by the popularity of her distinctive Havaianas sandals.
The challenge now: a broadly weaker economy that is hurting everything from sales of fiber-optic glass to the filter technology Corning manufactures for diesel automobiles, a business hurt by the popularity of diesel engines in Europe.
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The viewership for the U.S. broadcasting networks is declining and this secular decline is being fueled by the popularity of cable programming and increased competition from alternative video platforms such as Netflix, Amazon and others.
After posting a net loss for year ending Mar. 31 on weak demand, Sega Sammy is forecasting a return to profit this year, helped by the popularity of a pachinko machine featuring manga character Hokuto Ken and the release of a new Sonic the Hedgehog videogame.
Conteders for the high representative job include Ursula Plassnik, a former Austrian foreign minister, Olli Rehn, the Finnish EU commissioner, and Carl Bildt, Sweden's foreign minister, whose brilliance is not matched by his popularity in capitals such as Paris (where he is seen as too pro-Turkey) and Berlin (where officials dislike his tough stance on Russia).
Like the rest of the mobile phone industry, Deutsche Telekom has been hit hard by the growing popularity of internet telephony, as peddled by eBay's (nasdaq: EBAY - news - people ) Skype, which has seen customers moving away from conventional technology.
The fictional TV pop star Hannah Montana, played by Miley Cyrus, beat out the Rolling Stones in popularity by a generous margin.
Whatever the price, both corporates and independents will be troubled by the growing popularity of cremations.
The mayor can no longer reap easy popularity by presenting himself as a martyr.
He himself has had no option but to court popularity by promising reform.
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Senators in the Philippines are all elected by a national popularity contest, in which voters write in a dozen names each.
The integrity of command is not obtained by running a popularity contest.
It could also stand to be affected by the broadening popularity of the iPhone, if it makes its way to Verizon Wireless.
His last big action before the weekend poll was to court popularity by pumping taxpayers' money into a large, troubled steel company.
Weakening demand for PCs worldwide weighed on semiconductor sales, but this was more than offset by the surging popularity of smartphones and tablets.
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While Skrillex and his peers have gained popularity by producing their own music, they generally release it free, rendering piracy, the bane of traditional artists, irrelevant.
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