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"...A total of 1,000 shoppers were asked over a three-month period about how easy it was to get around the nine biggest supermarket chains..."


I've never filled out a survey in my life and never intend to unless someone pays me. Who are these 1,000 shoppers? Why should we take any notice of their opinions?


It's a bit like the perfume/make-up ads on telly. The small print says 150 or so women took part in this survey so please, millions of women out there, buy our product.


It's not just a Daily Mail issue here. All newspapers are swayed by this PR nonsense.

I used to work in PR. Whenever we needed column inches for a client we used to invent a survey and send out a press release. Newspapers like surveys so it was a no brainer. We either used to make it all up or phone our friends and "survey them". Absolute twaddle.


On a separate note, just because it is in the Daily Mail it doesn't mean it isn't true. Law of averages says they'll be right some of the time.

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