Comments on: Pointless polls http://tygerland.net/2006/06/05/pointless-polls/ occasionally acerbic, cultural and political comment Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:37:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Jose http://tygerland.net/2006/06/05/pointless-polls/#comment-467 Jose Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:47:09 +0000 http://tygerland.net/?p=604#comment-467 Curiosity always helped the tyger feed LOL. Curiosity always helped the tyger feed LOL.

]]> By: tyger http://tygerland.net/2006/06/05/pointless-polls/#comment-457 tyger Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:11:10 +0000 http://tygerland.net/?p=604#comment-457 Richard, I hadn't heard the Lennon quote since I was at Uni, thanks again for sharing it. And you're right in your earlier quote also - there is a media/reader imbalance, but, people still buy Murdoch's rags. I always get annoyed when I pick up the Times, that I actually quite enjoy some of the columns – I feel somewhat dirty! Kaletski, the economist is good, and I like Giles Coren’s restaurant reviews. The Editorial should come with a health warning. As for the Sun, well that’s not worthy of comment. Jose, You could be right. Maybe the Survey people will sell the data to some political party. I shouldn’t encourage them with my indulgence, I know, but I never heard that curiosity killed the tyger…. Richard,

I hadn’t heard the Lennon quote since I was at Uni, thanks again for sharing it. And you’re right in your earlier quote also - there is a media/reader imbalance, but, people still buy Murdoch’s rags. I always get annoyed when I pick up the Times, that I actually quite enjoy some of the columns – I feel somewhat dirty! Kaletski, the economist is good, and I like Giles Coren’s restaurant reviews.

The Editorial should come with a health warning. As for the Sun, well that’s not worthy of comment.

Jose,

You could be right. Maybe the Survey people will sell the data to some political party. I shouldn’t encourage them with my indulgence, I know, but I never heard that curiosity killed the tyger….

]]> By: Richard W. Symonds http://tygerland.net/2006/06/05/pointless-polls/#comment-451 Richard W. Symonds Mon, 05 Jun 2006 22:48:10 +0000 http://tygerland.net/?p=604#comment-451 In fact, the late great John Lennon nicely summed up the Sun reader, in "Working Class Hero" (1970) : "Keep you doped with religion & sex & TV And you think you're so clever & classless & free But you're still fuckin' peasants as far as I can see." In fact, the late great John Lennon nicely summed up the Sun reader, in “Working Class Hero” (1970) :

“Keep you doped with religion & sex & TV
And you think you’re so clever & classless & free
But you’re still fuckin’ peasants as far as I can see.”

]]> By: Richard W. Symonds http://tygerland.net/2006/06/05/pointless-polls/#comment-450 Richard W. Symonds Mon, 05 Jun 2006 22:31:46 +0000 http://tygerland.net/?p=604#comment-450 Rupert Murdoch showed the "independence" of his Sun newspaper today - Front Page concerning Heather Mills and Paul McCartney. A monstrous 'character assassination' which is a media disgrace. There is a dangerous 'owner/reader deficit' - especially with the Murdoch Press ie a huge gap between what the reader wants to read, and what the owner wants read. The trouble is we're so stupid in this country, we don't know what's being done to us. Rupert Murdoch showed the “independence” of his Sun newspaper today - Front Page concerning Heather Mills and Paul McCartney. A monstrous ‘character assassination’ which is a media disgrace.

There is a dangerous ‘owner/reader deficit’ - especially with the Murdoch Press ie a huge gap between what the reader wants to read, and what the owner wants read.

The trouble is we’re so stupid in this country, we don’t know what’s being done to us.

]]> By: Jose http://tygerland.net/2006/06/05/pointless-polls/#comment-448 Jose Mon, 05 Jun 2006 17:01:06 +0000 http://tygerland.net/?p=604#comment-448 In my opinion it is just soundings for a political party that will know the results before the very public that answered the poll do. I must not tell you how independent the media are. In my opinion it is just soundings for a political party that will know the results before the very public that answered the poll do.

I must not tell you how independent the media are.

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