tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post2269660491805384289..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Complaints From Both SidesCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-19042168922710417522016-04-22T17:39:10.298+01:002016-04-22T17:39:10.298+01:00"I'd never heard of Media Tenor before&qu..."I'd never heard of Media Tenor before"<br /><br />Or most others here, I'd bet.<br /><br />I wonder what about them and their thoughts on BBC coverage most attracted the Guardian? Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550976834509947355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-18182307383280631172016-04-22T15:46:46.510+01:002016-04-22T15:46:46.510+01:00Odd that this is coming out of the woodwork now. I...Odd that this is coming out of the woodwork now. I will have to keep an eye out.<br /><br />Some Beeboids really are bending over backwards to get this right, but they are betrayed by their colleagues on a regular basis.David Preiser (USA)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00055001852090086556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-12418464046633860592016-04-22T14:22:12.120+01:002016-04-22T14:22:12.120+01:00It has a Wikipedia page in German.
https://de.wik...It has a Wikipedia page in German.<br /><br />https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Tenor<br /><br />It makes for fascinating (if confusing) reading via Google Translate. It appears to have gone through various scandals - about its finances (including insolvencies) AND its research. <br /><br />On the research question, here's are two passage (in Google Translate English): <br /><br />"A former media analyst of the company reported that the "code books" [which they appear to use for analysis] had been changed during ongoing investigations. So you have to guide the management retroactively changed the criteria if 'has been in the research department, the department in which the evaluation is made, noted that the analysis does not coincide with what we had expected'".<br /><br />"The predecessor firm Media Tenor has been accused by critics to publish figures without scientific basis and to use the results for campaigns mainly against public providers."Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-28879632351813552222016-04-22T14:02:41.920+01:002016-04-22T14:02:41.920+01:00Re funding, Mediatenor appears to be a gun for hir...Re funding, Mediatenor appears to be a gun for hire. Somebody has paid them to do this analysis. The EU would be my first guess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com