<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr> Krucoff's Data Dump: Newspaper Readers Lie<p>
Andrew Krucoff, resident statistician, looks at a Pace University study on newspaper readership, a week of Gothamist, and where we get our news -- and how we lie about where we get our news.<p>
Pace University of Lower Manhattan recently conducted a benchmark survey of New Yorkers to gauge what they think of their hometown media. There are reports, graphs, exciting stats and insights nicely summarized within PDFs on the site. (Seriously, don't be shy. Click on through!)<p>
We learned one important thing: survey respondents lie. There is no way people read the newspapers as much as reported. Forty-two percent say everyday! Craziness. Even better, the results for which newspaper people read the most often are: 38% Daily News, 31%NY Times, and 15% NY Post. Circulation numbers contradict that but clearly no one wants to admit they read the New York Post. Who would?<p>
If we want local news, we swing by our pals at Gothamist.com, where editor Jen Chung links to what she (and presumably everyone) finds interesting. We did our own analysis of the news links that shape her (and your) world. Squint as much as you want, but that's a shocking over-reliance on Newsday. <hr></blockquote><p>
http://www.gawker.com/topic/krucoffs-data-dump-newspaper-readers-lie-017176.php<p>So, who wants to tell me what's wrong with Newsday?<p>J...