Having covered and observed so many elections during the entire history of our newspaper service, The Manila Times knows enough of the stratagems of candidates to regard with skepticism the various pre-election surveys that are being touted blithely as “the beat of public opinion.”

We believe it’s time to ask hard questions about these surveys and about who are paying for them. Do they really serve a public purpose or just the interest of politicians?

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