Posted on 08/11/2015 7:47:19 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Donald Trump is all but accusing a top Republican pollster of trying to shake him down.
After the presidential debate on Thursday night, Fox News featured a focus group conducted by Frank Luntz that utterly slammed Trump. On Monday, Trump told Business Insider that he thought he was panned by Luntz's group because he declined to hire Luntz's research firm.
"This has been going on, he's putting the arm on me all the time, and then he does these polls that are totally in violation of every other poll that was done," Trump said of Luntz.
Trump said post-debate polls that show he remains ahead of the GOP field prove the focus group was wrong. He further described Luntz, a regular contributor to Fox News and one of the country's best-known conservative consultants, as "unfair" and "terrible."
"I watch this guy do a really negative report on me, and the only reason he did it, in my opinion, is because I didn't want to hire him commercially," Trump said of Luntz. "I think it's disgusting ... I think he uses his power at Fox to maybe — to get work."
In a phone call with Business Insider, Luntz vehemently denied Trump's accusation.
"You've got to understand that I don't care who wins and loses — I only care that I'm accurate," Luntz said. "Even if I say things that candidates don't like, I don't expect them to take it personally. I don't expect them to launch World War III."
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I don’t think Luntz has many supporters here on FR...
I bet there are numerous cases of this being done by people who appear regularly in the MSM.
The whole thing is filled with corruption and is as phony as a three-dollar bill.
Of course he denied it but I believed it happed.
Donald Trump may be a lot of things, but he doesn't cower.
The proof is in the pudding. Old saying but applicable.
Where it all comes into play is in motives, choice of group, and the on-air script.
We have absolutely no way of knowing what this man says is true about his ‘process’. It all sounds nice, but we still have only his word.
They use the term focus group.
Anyone who has EVER done any kind of consumer research knows that focus groups should NEVER be taken as representative.
Focus groups are used to craft survey questions, identify consumer needs, and provide a litmus test of a very specific group. It is not statistical.
In fact, when I used to do focus groups for my company I would not allow management to come to them. There is always an idiot in the management team that “gloms” onto a single statement, out of context, and decides to make a rash judgement.
Doing a focus group on TV is a circus act. It is not a focus group and it means nothing.
NO ONE should even watch those things, let alone take them seriously.
I LOVE it. The fat toupee-headed RINO finally gets his comeuppance
Oh yeah, they’re there. Wait ‘til Frankie bad raps the Donald, they clap.
Trump is punching all the right buttons and clearing a long lost trail in a forest of old growth inertia.
...as always, follow the money.
Focus Group for hire.
Focus group on TV...kinda like GOP Debate on TV??
I called it that night the focus group was hand picked and far from fair and balanced.
Are you implying that dope has supporters somewhere?
One thing about Trump....he can produce the letters, emails and phone messages from anyone who ever tried to get money out of him.
Luntz is a “top pollster” ? News to me.
Luntz is a putz! Go Trump!
The Donald .... kicking butt and taking names. It’s about time somebody called the enemedia to account. Love him or hate him, he’s doing what we’ve all been waiting for someone to do for years.
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