"Let me start with an explanation and an apology. Now, for over more than 30 years, NDTV has tried to be the hallmark of election news and analysis. With exit polls and opinion polls, we always made the point – even when we get it spot on – that there are statistical errors that shouldn't make them be taken too seriously. You get it right, you get it wrong sometimes – that's the life of a pollster," explained Roy.
The last time an error as big as this was made was about 32 years ago when NT Rama Rao won with a landslide. "Since then we've never made such a big error- we've made errors - but not as big as this one," asserted Roy.
So what was different this time? Why was there so much chaos? "This time, like before, we tried our best with a large sample size and we went to every single constituency - which meant we didn't have to convert votes into seats. The sample, the poll was just taken directly. But the data from the fieldwork agency, normally a very reliable agency, was incorrect and this happens. And we are looking into why this went wrong. In any case, we take responsibility and we sincerely apologise," is the answer that Roy gave to his viewers during his bulletin.
Not just NDTV, almost every English national news channel got it wrong early on... from Times Now to even India Today. However, the Network18 group's ETV and CNN-IBN clearly stated that the Grand Alliance was going to romp home.
Indian Television Dot Com | Bihar Elections: NDTV's Prannoy Roy apologises for misguiding viewers
The last time an error as big as this was made was about 32 years ago when NT Rama Rao won with a landslide. "Since then we've never made such a big error- we've made errors - but not as big as this one," asserted Roy.
So what was different this time? Why was there so much chaos? "This time, like before, we tried our best with a large sample size and we went to every single constituency - which meant we didn't have to convert votes into seats. The sample, the poll was just taken directly. But the data from the fieldwork agency, normally a very reliable agency, was incorrect and this happens. And we are looking into why this went wrong. In any case, we take responsibility and we sincerely apologise," is the answer that Roy gave to his viewers during his bulletin.
Not just NDTV, almost every English national news channel got it wrong early on... from Times Now to even India Today. However, the Network18 group's ETV and CNN-IBN clearly stated that the Grand Alliance was going to romp home.
Indian Television Dot Com | Bihar Elections: NDTV's Prannoy Roy apologises for misguiding viewers
