Australia suddenly has a new Prime Minister (leader of the national government), the first time a woman has held the position. One of the commercial television stations’ news website, ninemsn, led with the headline “The Nation Says ‘No”".
Really? Further reading showed that respondents to a poll on their website (a volunteer sample from a potentially unrepresentative sub-population) had said they would not vote for her in an election.
In politics, where perception can be everything, will this become part of the political wisdom – or be recognized for a shameless misrepresentation of the facts? Stay tuned…
Jane at Real Evaluation
Patricia at CIRCLE (RMIT)