On May 5, 7:03 pm, MattB <
trdell1...@spamnogmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, 05 May 2013 17:41:49 -0600, Gronk <inva...@usenetlove.invalid>
Criticism of Frank Luntz:
In 1997, the American Association for Public Opinion Research, of
which Luntz was not a member, criticized Luntz for refusing to release
poll data to support his claimed results "because of client
confidentiality". Diane Colasanto, who was president of the AAPOR at
the time, said
“It is simply wanting to know, How many people did you question?
What were the questions? We understand the need for confidentiality,
but once a pollster makes results public, the information needs to be
public. People need to be able to evaluate whether it was sound
research."
In 2000 he was censured by the National Council on Public Polls "for
allegedly mischaracterizing on MSNBC the results of focus groups he
conducted during the [2000] Republican Convention." In September 2004,
MSNBC dropped Luntz from its planned coverage of that year's
presidential debate, saying "[W]e made a decision not to use focus
groups as part of our debate coverage. This decision had nothing to do
with Frank's past work or politics." Luntz disagreed, believing that
MSNBC "buckled to political pressure" from activist David Brock.
Luntz was awarded the 2010 PolitiFact Lie of the Year award for his
promotion of the phrase 'government takeover' to refer to healthcare
reform, starting in the spring of 2009. "'Takeovers are like coups,'
Luntz wrote in a 28-page memo. 'They both lead to dictators and a loss
of freedom.'" In an editorial response, the Wall Street Journal wrote
that "PolitiFact's decree is part of a larger journalistic trend that
seeks to recast all political debates as matters of lies,
misinformation and 'facts,' rather than differences of world view or
principles." The editors of PolitiFact announced "We have concluded it
is inaccurate to call the plan a government takeover."
On April 25, 2013 The American Spectator, a conservative news outlet,
published a scathing article about Luntz entitled, The Problematic
Frank Luntz’s Stockholm Syndrome. "In fact, what Luntz has done is
simply reveal the kind of thinking that goes on in the minds of too
many on the right who, whether they realize it or not, have been
intellectually and culturally bullied that there is some sort of
'right way' — 'right' as in 'correct' — to think. Resulting in some
conservatives who suffer from what might be called a political version
of Stockholm Syndrome — where the captives identify with their
captors." The article was a response to an April 22, 2013 leaked
recording of Luntz at the University of Pennsylvania, where he blamed
conservative radio personalities (specifically Rush Limbaugh and Mark
Levin) for being "problematic" and "destroying" Republicans' ability
to connect with more voters, or even maintain a majority in the House
of Representatives in the 2014 mid-term elections. "He warned that if
his party did not resolve its internal divides, it could lose the
House of Representatives next year...'And they get great ratings, and
they drive the message, and it's really problematic. And this is not
on the Democratic side. It's only on the Republican side…
[inaudible]... By Mark Levin, by Rush Limbaugh, and a few others'." In
response to being exposed, Luntz's has announced that he will no
longer fund a scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania. The
scholarship, which is actually in his father's name, supports student
trips to Washington D.C..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Luntz#Criticism
IOW: "Consider the source."
Just like the "90% want Universal Background Check" poll numbers, the
result is based upon how well the questionee is actually knowledgable
of the whole issue and the way the question is phrased as to how
believable the result is.
Here the other issue with this article is: "How did Luntz get a list
of `NRA members' to query in the first place?"
Polls are _supposed_ to be of a "random sampling" (according to
polling "exspurt" Ed Huntress).
Oh, BTW, Frankie: I'M an NRA Benefactor Life Member whom you did _not_
"poll" and I disagree with the "results" of your "poll."