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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 Times also suggests that the White House itself downplayed the findings in order to protect its delicate rapport with China.
The Armenian government downplayed the incident, claiming that "the city and country are quiet and the only events are taking place around the parliament building."
WHO 1) downplayed findings that secondhand smoke is less harmful than was previously thought and 2) may suppress work linking nuclear testing to thyroid cancer because it conflicts with a study done by the U.S. government.