Monday 29 May 2017

The voice of the public?


The Tories are heading for electoral disaster if the "cross-party panel of voters" on this morning's live Victoria Derbyshire debate is truly reflective of the country as a whole. 

Whether electoral disaster faces the Tories or not, it has to be said that this audience doesn't appear to be 'truly reflective of the country as a whole', especially given this tweet sent out by the programme (h/t Guest Who):


YouGov polling from last June and this March has suggested that support for "a vote on the terms of #Brexit" is very much a minority interest, dropping from 31% last June to 27% in late March. 

How come this BBC panel of voters is so out of step with that then? Doesn't it suggest something rotten in the state of BBC audience selection?

5 comments:

  1. At what stage do we say that the BBC is attempting to influence the outcome of the General Election?

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    1. Oh, they start plotting for the next GE on the day after a Conservative government is elected ...

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    2. Given its brazen attempts to influence the outcome of the American election, it would be a bit odd if they didn't try and influence the outcome of our election! :)

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    3. Given its record of success, maybe worth letting them keep digging?

      There is a noble history.

      http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1474828/Guardian-calls-it-quits-in-Clark-County-fiasco.html

      The fiasco author in question of course being seen by the BBC as perfect material for their flagship evening news magazine.

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  2. The BBC is a £5 billion organisation. If it [i] wanted [/i] to it could easily produce audiences that approximately reflected real opinion.

    It does want to. It wants to construct a fake narrative.

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