See previous post. After we pointed out that the vice presidential survey asked for only one name from the respondents, yet the purported “presidential” survey asked for three names –After the unexplained disparity and inconsistency was pointed out here (see previous post)… one of the parties affected must have moved a muscle and SWS finally released info on the real  presidential survey (where respondents were asked  whom they would vote for president if elections were held today). It showed a statistical tie.

      The other day’s purported “presidential” survey result day was highly favorable to one party. Quite strangely, most of the leading news portals copied from one copy and used the same words as part of their headline to say that one party purportedly had overtaken another party:  see for yourself (or ask my students — this was part of our exam today on the topic “Reporting Surveys”) — the phenomenon the other day where the leading news portals used the same headline or the same words for part of  the headline, and the same  lead or part of a lead. It was really strange, the last time that happened notoriously was during martial law  when the crony press copied from one copy from the dictator’s press office.

      Nagkopyahan.

     In the University, when writing assignments are given out on the same topic or the same event, students turn in work differently worded from each another, of course — no two students turn in exactly the same title or the same first ten words in their first paragraph.      

    Nung isang araw… nagkopyahan ang mga dyaryo (the other day, the news portals copied from each other, or copied from one and the same copy).

         Dyah’ll see wots-gowin-owwnn (ahm usin’ mah feyk suthern eccent eggen) (do y’all see wat’s goin on, i’m usin my fake southern accent again, tee-hee 🙂  )