[net.consumers] CU biased???

stu3@mhuxh.UUCP (Systems Training Dept) (11/24/84)

In a recent article, digi-g!amir concludes with:
>
>I do not care what CU says, don't tell me that some of the reports they 
>give is not biased to the American Products!
>
OK, I won't.  How about "ALL of the reports they give are not biased
toward American products".  Or perhaps "NONE of the reports they
give are biased towards American products"?

Seriously, I would be suprised if there were no biased reports, but
that you seem to suggest a systematic favoritism that occurs
frequently enough to cast doubt on CU's reputation.  I depend on CU
mostly for buying appliances and as one of several sources for
suggesting what kind of cars it might be worth looking at, and I
have found them to be pretty reliable.  They seem to take great
pains to measure things objectively and then draw their own
subjective conclusions (which you are free to ignore, and draw your
own conclusions based on the numbers they present).  So, if you are
suggesting they bias the tests, you are making a fairly serious
charge.  Do you have any evidence to back it up????

Mark Modig
..ihnp4!btlunix!mom