Posted on 09/13/2023 3:35:43 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
Corporate media outlet Newsweek has been caught failing to disclose that an opinion editorial attacking former President Donald Trump was written by two employees of a polling firm whose founder and CEO is the chief pollster for the pro-DeSantis SuperPAC Never Back Down. The authors, Byron Allen and Amanda Iovino, are both employees of WPA Intelligence, and used their op-ed column to claim Trump is losing white voters, passing off Never Back Down talking points as thin analysis. Newsweek makes no mention of WPA Intelligence’s affiliation with Never Back Down.
Chris Wilson, the founder and CEO of WPA Intelligence, serves as the data director and chief pollster for the Never Back Down SuperPAC. Outside of his polling duties, Wilson appears to be a close confidant of the PAC’s chief strategist Jeff Roe – the two recently launching an AI chatbot that they hope will sway voters to DeSantis through text messages.
WPA Intelligence’s Byron Allen has also produced polling for the anti-Trump group Club for Growth. In November of last year, the Club released polling done by Allen suggesting Ron DeSantis held an 11 point lead over Donald Trump in Iowa and a 15 point lead in New Hampshire. At the time, there was a strong effort among Trump’s detractors to push a narrative that the former President faced crumbling support within the Republican Party. Recent polling shows Trump with a 23 to 37 point lead over DeSantis in Iowa and a lead of 14 to 40 points in New Hampshire.
Allen has not hidden his personal disdain for Trump, posting on X (formerly Twitter) in 2015 during the presidential primary: “Difference between Bernie and Trump is that I think Bernie really believes the crap that comes out of his mouth.”Allen has also accused Trump of being a 9/11 Truth conspiracy theorist and suggested the former President couldn’t find Benghazi on a map.
Is there anything in this country that isn’t corrupt?
No wonder they love Meatball
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Yeah, but it’s Newsweak, so it’s to be expected. All the fags on the Uke threads post from it.
Obvious you rumpers don’t
Jeff Roe is a lowlife GOPe POS. He plays dirty like a Rat does.
And? It’s an editorial, so what?
It's a free political ad. A contribution in kind. Hope the FEC is taking note. (actually, I don't care, but it shows how lame RDS is.)
No it isn’t. It’s an opinion piece, as has been written in the papers in this country since before the Revolution.
“Putin’s shrinking Goals” lol. Propaganda through and through.
You like whine with your spaghetti and Meatball
Yes it is.
Knock yourself out, I’m going to go pull the jet skis in.
Isn’t this what super-pacs do? It’s unlikely that influencers from Trump super-pacs aren’t doing the same thing.
When Hannity and others gave Trump free air-time for months before his campaigns, was that reported to the FEC?
Oooppsie
Should Likely read they purposely did not disclose.
It may be an opinion piece...
But when it was posted here on FR by a desantis supporter/nevertrumper, it was posted under news, as politics/elections
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4182103/posts
We’re pretty much left here with Trump supporters, or DNC supporters, as there’s no way ANY announced Republican candidate will be capable of pulling in the MAGA base. So, even if they get Trump jailed, they’re still not going to have a prayer in November.
And the thing, they all know it.
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