Is Pulse Asia liable?
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The ultimate trial by publicity tool are surveys that supposedly seek to determine the guilt or innocence of a person.
Yellow media splashed and gave prominence to the recent Pulse Asia survey that showed 47 percent of its 1,200 respondents purportedly saying that Corona was guilty.
A look at the results of the survey, however, showed that the results were not how it was made to look like in most pro-Aquino paper.
The result of the survey indeed showed 47 percent of the respondents saying that Corona is guilty but it was broken down to 33 percent entertaining doubts and saying that he was probably guilty while only 15 percent said he was definitely guilty.
The Pulse Asia result doesn’t even tally accurately as the probables and the definites add up to 48 percent..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20120322com1.html
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