Why the letters page might not be an accurate opinion poll
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Re: “For a balanced view of The Donald, watch this space”, Have Your Say, yesterday.
Nigel Pike’s letter commending this page for its balanced view of President Donald Trump omits an important “detail”. Suppose there are 100 letters about a certain subject. Ninety-nine have a negative view and one a positive view. The Nation publishes two letters: the positive and the negative. Is this what Pike would call a balanced view of the subject in hand? I would call it biased, since it would camouflage the general opinion of the writers.
Egon
