What Survey Ratings prove

nothing.

absolutely, nothing at all.

survey companies are as corrupt or more graft-ridden than governments, fly-by-night business, underworld moneymaking machines and fraud ngos. and yet they have the gall to partner with institutions like us aid! konrad adenaüer foundation! or other somesuch, ersatz aidngos -- for moneymaking! the asian institute of management! merely for the propagation of stats on poverty, hunger, malnutrition, while their left hand takes illegal bribe for rigged surveys.

survey classic example:

enumerator for prominent survey co. to respondent: this is a survey on the oil crisis. are you pro- or anti-arroyo?

respondent (female 4th year high school student of ramon magsaysay high school): i'm not pro- nor anti po.
survey enumerator: where does your father/mother work?

respondent: my dad works in government po.

survey enumerator: ay, pro-gma ka pala! di bale na! iba na lang!

ah, excuse me ... ! (calling to another student)

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7 comments :

cyberjockJuly 20, 2008 at 4:22 AM
but wow! i have had always a very high respect for Profs. Mangahas, Miranda, Mercy Abad, Jasmin Acuna! Why the accusations?

also the foreign embassies always buy the survey results of all our polling companies and they benefit a lot from it!

i don't like the way you made this treatment, but if the corruption charges are true, it will makes us a laughing stock!!!

it's so unfair!!!

AREN'T THE SURVEY COMPANIES UNFAIR TOO IN THE FIRST PLACE? - girbaudz
GirbaudzJuly 20, 2008 at 4:26 AM
if the foreign embassies still believe in them (survey companies), who cares anyway? but the evidence is strong vs. survey companies not doing their jobs in the right manner. they have succumbed to deep political agenda of those that want the present government to be deep-sixed.

sino ba'ng niloloko nilang mga survey groups, di naman tayo di ba?

the best way is wag na lang tayo maniwala sa panlilinlang nila. after all sila lang naman yumayaman sa panggogoyo nila sa mga pinoy, whether here or outside the country. hmph!!!
KatherineJuly 24, 2008 at 3:56 AM
you know what, girbaudz, if i had my way, i'll let those survey enumerators, mahar mangahas, felipe miranda, rapa lopa, and all their relatives line up in a firing squad and blow all their brains awww awwww awwww! to kingdom come!
ezkyJuly 24, 2008 at 3:59 AM
aside from making a lot of money, helping the anti-government and anti-people idiots, i really do wonder what these fuckers are up to rigging surveys? then they quarrel with one another too! over the loot, i suppose...
girbaudzJuly 24, 2008 at 4:16 AM
kats:

frankly, i don't like them, but putting them on a firing squad line? not . . . a bad suggestion!
anak ni kung fuJuly 24, 2008 at 4:30 AM
hi!

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girbaudzJuly 24, 2008 at 6:11 PM
very well then, anak ni kung fu, have that flashfuck! unh!