Yes.,this is a good way for the newspaper to collect information.
Explanation:
The local news paper mailed out a survey to all of their subscribers those who bought the news paper and read out that controversial article., Gathering information or data from the target group is always acceptable.Email and Web page surveys are the least expensive for large samples than the personal interviews.Using online surveys help them to collect email addresses with lowering cost and increasing speed also real time access to data and more respondents can be attained by sending out randomly selected emails.
So.,
To find out the readers thought about a controversial article published by the news paper can mail a survey to all of their subscribers and can use the results of all the surveys that were returned. This is a good way for the newspaper to collect information.