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In particular, the pollsters charge that PROMO downplayed the extent to which respondents' fear of crime was based on the experience of crime--53 percent of those polled had said that they or someone they loved had been the victim of a crime.
But it certainly complicates the story, and Gerth either downplayed it or left it out.
The pipeline's negative environmental impact and the ravages of the Valdez spill are downplayed.
And while economists may historically have downplayed their importance, those days are long past.
In an interview with the Boston Globe earlier this year, Morris downplayed expectations: "If you want to know what happened at a specific meeting, read Washington Post reporter Lou Cannon's book.