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 15th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
what is this i heard, that the media scion is raging mad bec. their media outfit is not the #1 station in the latest nielsen survey?
so, is he any different from the govt apologists who do not trust the surveys?
nagtatanong lang po…e di magpasurvey sya ng sarili nya para sila ang #1 :-((
December 15th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
here we are guys!!!
ganyan talaga iyan, kung walang sugat hindi aaray, e ang kaso sapol si GMA sa survey sa nagliliwanag na katotohanan, kahit pa ilang libong pinoy ang tanungin talagang mag ta top si GMA sa survey, muntik na nga niyang talunin si marcos e, kababaeng tao,
totoo kayo diyan! parang ang mga pinoy e palagay na lang sa mga nangyayari ngayon sa paligid, nagdudumilat na katotohanan at harapharapang pangloloko pero nanatiling tikom lang ang bibig at pinagbibigyan ang mga kalokohan ng administrasyon,
hay kalungkot!!!
December 15th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
Bert
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.
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magkano kaya naibenta ni cayetano yung pintong (7) kahong evidence niya…….
ano naman kaya ang binili niya………..
he..he…he……
December 15th, 2007 at 7:48 am
padang
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.
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Actually, You can’t blame Lito. For not caring, Because the filipino who speak up on whats going on they’re getting rotten in jail. Anybody speak against Gloria Arroyo, They’re getting rotten in jail, If not they’re getting kill just to cover-up their stink shit. Panatic or not, I can’t blame him at all….Because there is nothing you can do even though you do something about it. Remember one thing they’re the one in power the can do whatever they want to do and get away with it.
December 15th, 2007 at 7:41 am
abbygail
ooopss….sorry. it should have been addressed to Bert, not to Kabayan. i’m sorry, kabayan…
methinks, bert, kabayan, engkanto views are the same.
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so you won’t make mistake, Why don’t you copy and paste! Like I’m doing.