tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post8892128073541821934..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: An opinion poll the BBC wants you to believe (update)Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-16644226765917424772017-11-05T21:59:14.444+00:002017-11-05T21:59:14.444+00:00The Survey seems PR not news
It's a kind of ch...The Survey seems PR not news<br />It's a kind of cherrypick<br />#1 Fallacy of argument from authority<br />...You don't take a source as 100% trustworthy, rather each piece of evidence stands on its own two feet.<br />#2 News doesn't work the way the survey suggests. You don't just pick ONE source..It matters a great deal what other info other sources gives you.<br />..<br />If you really wanted to improve your company's performance, you'd be be probing for dis-satisfaction, not satisfaction.<br />You'd be asking "have you ever felt deceived by the news ?<br />.. what helped you get to the truth ? " etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-55451827837525665162017-11-04T22:23:49.822+00:002017-11-04T22:23:49.822+00:00I guess if you went to North Korea, 99% of the pop...I guess if you went to North Korea, 99% of the population would tell a pollster they trusted the NK state broadcasting corporation. What does that tell you? Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-59163503163689075342017-11-04T21:24:52.604+00:002017-11-04T21:24:52.604+00:00I was an interviewer on the ipsos mori survey at t...I was an interviewer on the ipsos mori survey at the beginning of the year (and I do the RAJAR radio audience surveys too). The stand out question for me was the comparison of trustworthiness between the four entities of BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky. There was no option for people to say that they didn’t (couldn’t) watch sky and so the figures were automatically skewed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com