Survey says...bad news judgement
Stories like this don’t exactly help the Irving’s cause that their newspapers are impartial. I tend to think the Irvings putting their world headquarters in downtown Saint John would be a natural fit for the city (better here than Toronto) so when I saw the headline “An emphatic 'yes'” about their plan I thought the Telegraph Journal had conducted a poll of Saint Johners, especially given the first line.
“Most city-area residents surveyed over the weekend are urging common council to give its blessing to the sale of the Lantic Sugar site to Irving Oil Ltd. at fair market value when it deals with the contentious issue tonight.”
What does most city-area residents mean?
9...out of 12.
I know a couple of blogging commentators who may have a field day with this one to add to their “anyone who looks at an Irving store is part of a grand conspiracy” but this time they would have a point.
This is poor journalism at best and an agenda pushing ad disguised as a news story at worst.
I wouldn’t be surprised if most Saint Johners are for the development but surveying 12 people and passing it off as a news story?
Crossposted - Spink About It
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