"Frank Dresser" wrote in message
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"Mike Terry" wrote in message
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Globally, there were 146m weekly World Service listeners in 2004,
down
from
150m in 2003.

They are saying the number of listeners declined 2.7%. I'd like to
know how
they come up with such numbers, and how they can have any confidence
in
their accuracy and precision.

[snip]

I would too. Perhaps it's because, in their own words, they are "the
most trusted and objective international broadcaster."

Unfortunately, others more objective don't seem to concur:

http://www.the-hutton-inquiry.org.uk/content/report/