Message To Sun TV

Just a few moments ago, I wrote a message on Sun TV's website feedback portal (if that's what it's called). Here's what I said:

"Almost 4 months ago to the day, I received a survey via email from Angus Reid. The survey was about the CBC. Afterward, I found out that the survey had been commissioned by the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting (a misnomer, if there ever was one).

I think it would be great if SunTV could get their hands on both the raw data and the conclusions the Friends say they were able to draw from the survey. My hunch is the Friends, being a private non-profit organization, have no obligation to disclose information under any of the various Access to/Freedom of Information acts in this country, but it sure would be interesting to see whether the information revealed in the survey actually supports what the Friends have been saying about it. However, if they are unwilling to disclose, perhaps that could be seen as evidence that the survey did not reveal what they had hoped it would, but rather the opposite. Since taxpayers money channeled to the CBC is what is really at stake here, it might be worth a try to get your hands on the raw data, at the very least.

For your information, I wrote about the survey and my responses on my blog at the following web address:

http://stubblejumpingredneck.blogspot.com/2011/11/okay-curious-angus-reid-cbc-survey.html

I have no reason to believe Angus Reid's methodology in distributing the survey was anything other than properly random, and I suspect, being a well established pollster, they would have ensured the number of respondents was large enough to be able to draw proper conclusions through extrapolation.

BTW, keep up the good work."

Hopefully, Sun TV will take a serious look at this and be able to dig around a bit. Given the current kerfuffle in the news, this is once again very timely.