Malacanang has come out swinging against the October 2007 Pulse Asia survey that found President Arroyo the “most corrupt President” in the history of the Philippines.
PMS Chief Cerge Remonde called it “unfair, unkind, and un-Christian.”
Cabinet Secretary Ricardo Saludo said surveys like these were largely irrelevant. “Pinakamahalaga ang walang sawang serbisyo ng Pangulo sa milyun-milyong Pilipino, hindi ang rating niya sa mga survey ng 1,500 tao.”
The insinuation that the small sample size of such surveys rendered them insignificant was echoed in one of Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye’s statements. He said: “We therefore vehemently challenge the survey results which could have been influenced by a number of distorting factors such as the sample (1,200 respondents out of 84 million Filipinos), possibly misleading questions and even the person or persons who commissioned the survey.”
Executive Secretary Ed Ermita later amplified on that last point. Clearly referring to ex-senator Serge Osmena, he said: “It’s a pity that because of politics, certain elements — organizations or individuals – are using the survey as a fodder for their relentless attack on the President.”
Are the President’s men arguing reasonably? Judge for yourself. In Newsstand, I list many links, to Pulse Asia, to previous readings of earlier surveys, to the science of opinion polling. One thing I did not include there, which we can put to good use here, is the Sample Calculator. How big should your sample be, if you want it to be representative of the population you are surveying?
Go ahead. Give it a try.
December 14th, 2007 at 5:54 pm
Si “medias” naman talaga oo, nakalimutan yata na pati si Gloria, mga kaalyado niya at ang gubyerno mismo eh nagpapasurvey. Kung di ako nagkakamali eh pati Pulse Asia eh nilapitan nila
Buti na lang na alam mong corrupt si Gloria, may pag-asa ka pa palang makita ang katotohanan.
December 14th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
wala raw evidence, ako meron! isang box, nakatago sa aking baul. kaya lng, ilalabas ko lang to-its kng may impeachment, ‘o senate imbestiga. haaaay, kailan kaya iyon manyayari? hwag na lang kaya, i-iyak si skepik, ibi-benta ko na lng por kilo evidence ko, pakinabang pa. pambili ng galunggong at asukal, lalo ngayon, doble na ang presyo.
December 14th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
sabi ni saludo,’…walang sawang serbisyo ng pangulo sa milyun-milyong pilipino…blah, blah.’ hala tayo, walang sawa raw, ibig sabihin lagpas pa sa 2010? walang sawa rin pagmunini ni saludo sa pwesto. kaya, by hook or by crook—CHACHACHA! Most Corrupt forever! walang sawa!
December 14th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
What is annoying and irritating is not that GMA is the most corrupt President. It is that the filipinos have long closed their eyes, have forgotten the meaning of decency and delicadeza, and have continued to indulge in make-believe.
People like lito i.m. for instance don’t care if the President is corrupt. And i guess many people behave and react the way he does. Walang pakialam is the word.
Even the church and all those who claim to be christians in this country have allowed this social cancer to happen under their noses. Walang pakialam pa rin.
The problem in this country is not that people are not informed or are deprived of information. It is that people seem to look at information the way they would watch Lastikman. Wala lang.. Parang wala lang..
In short, we have become numb, naive, helpless and hopeless.
So the next time another survey comes out proclaiming that GMA is the most repressive and manipulative President, we can only expect that many people, like lito i.m., would just ask, “eh ano ngayon?”
Pathetic.
December 14th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
Sa isang tao na magpapasurvey, dalawang tanong ang dapat isipin. Una, bakit ka kailangang magpasurvey? Pangalawa, sino ang makikinabang sa resulta ng survey. Alam naman natin kung sino ang nagpasurvey; alam din natin na kailangang BAYARAN ang nag-survey para gawin ang pinagagawa sa kanila. Wala sa tamang pag-iisip ang isang tao kung iisipin na makakasama sa kanya o sa kanyang interes ang kanyang pinagagawang survey.
Ang taumbayan ay patuloy na nililinlang ng mga bayarang survey na tulad nito. Idagdag mo pa ang media na sa pananaw nila, mayroong “press freedom”, ngunit “biased reporting” ang namumutawi sa kanilang sinasabi! Hindi ko sinasabi na si Pang. Arroyo ay hindi corrupt… ang sinasabi ko, kailangang ilagay natin sa tamang perspektibo ang situwasyon. Naging buhay na natin ang korupsyon! kaya huwag magmalinis ang Pulse Asia at ang media sa pagsabing sila ay malinis at walang bahid ng kasinungalingan!