This was the 'advert' or call to mners to contribute:
"Freeview and Dr Tanya Byron are putting together a major report on children and television and want to know what you think. If you have a child aged 2-9 and live in the UK, please complete this survey.
They're also looking for 20 folks to take part in an online focus group on a private section of Talk. Again they want folks with children aged 2-9 and you need to be available to take part in online discussions from Oct 6th - 17th including a one hour online discussion with Dr Tanya Byron on Friday 17th October from 1-2pm. Everyone who is chosen and takes part in this online focus group will receive £25 worth of Amazon vouchers. If you're interested, click here."
My question is this-
Could I ask whether anyone whose children watch no television was included in this?
Obviously Freeview are only interested in their captive audience, but the discussion with Tanya Byron surely should include some parents who actually don't let their children watch television, or whose children choose to watch no television- otherwise how can it be a valid debate?
All the people on the discussion forum have freeview or satellite - this is hardly a balanced sample.
They obviously don't want to know what people think.
The survey also included the options for children watching no (0 hours) television, so you must have been expecting some responses from parents of children who do not watch television.