The phrase "about whether the public" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing opinions, beliefs, or decisions related to the public's perspective or stance on a particular issue.
Example: "The debate centered around whether the public supports the new policy changes proposed by the government."
Alternatives: "regarding if the public" or "concerning whether the public".
"It's not about whether the public is dumb or not.
"I am not worried about whether the public will 'like' the exhibition," Mr. Qiu explained.
Mr. Corwin is too busy to worry about whether the public will embrace Teddy Rist.
Here, there are heated rows about whether the public sector should be frozen, or grow by 0.5% over 15 years.
But more importantly it has made me anxious about whether the public sector is a place to establish a long term and viable career.
While clearly there are questions about whether the public wants someone in government who just came from industry, the opposite argument can be made, too: It may be better to have the fox in the henhouse.
These views are dominantly related to the uncertainty, but also linked to perceptions about (i) whether the public fully appreciate the risk and (ii) whether the public appreciate the challenges involved in forecasting and understanding volcanic activity.
We have seen how discussions about an "irrational" public stood in for concerns about how, or even whether, the public could be convinced to use health services wisely that is, according to the goals set out by medical professionals and health planners.
In this week's issue and here online (see Fact), in "The Bell Curve," Atul Gawande writes about the startling differences in how well different hospitals treat the same diseases, and about the debate over whether the public should know.
El Chapo seemed genuinely curious about whether the American public knew who he was.
The argument is that this tells you nothing about whether the DC Public Schools were more or less effective.
