Yesterday I watched a NY Public Library panel discussion about propaganda/communication techniques. Luntz was a member as was George Lakoff. The panel acknowledged that Luntz is a gifted propagandist and that Dems are terrible at messaging. (For example when Dems finally got healthcare for poor kids passed they called it S-Chip). I was a…
Yesterday I watched a NY Public Library panel discussion about propaganda/communication techniques. Luntz was a member as was George Lakoff. The panel acknowledged that Luntz is a gifted propagandist and that Dems are terrible at messaging. (For example when Dems finally got healthcare for poor kids passed they called it S-Chip). I was a struck again by how blatantly arrogant and phony Luntz is/was. He blathered on a about framing things by your values and being positive the way Reagan’s Morning in America did so successfully. He said that voters hate negative messages from politicians. I double-checked to see if I remembered correctly that Luntz was the guy who crafted Newt’s list of words to demonize Democrats. He was.
It drives me insane that Luntz is still treated like a respected professional by the mainstream “liberal” media and his opinions and “facts” are not treated with the skepticism they deserve.
When Eric Cantor lost his primary battle a couple of years ago, Luntz was on the CBS Morning Show the day after the election saying Cantor's loss was devastating and "bad for the country." He neglected to tell Gayle King and her colleagues - or they neglected to tell the audience - that he (Luntz) had been a paid consultant to Cantor's campaign. {Luntz was regularly appearing on the show back then to opine on politics. }
Yesterday I watched a NY Public Library panel discussion about propaganda/communication techniques. Luntz was a member as was George Lakoff. The panel acknowledged that Luntz is a gifted propagandist and that Dems are terrible at messaging. (For example when Dems finally got healthcare for poor kids passed they called it S-Chip). I was a struck again by how blatantly arrogant and phony Luntz is/was. He blathered on a about framing things by your values and being positive the way Reagan’s Morning in America did so successfully. He said that voters hate negative messages from politicians. I double-checked to see if I remembered correctly that Luntz was the guy who crafted Newt’s list of words to demonize Democrats. He was.
It drives me insane that Luntz is still treated like a respected professional by the mainstream “liberal” media and his opinions and “facts” are not treated with the skepticism they deserve.
When Eric Cantor lost his primary battle a couple of years ago, Luntz was on the CBS Morning Show the day after the election saying Cantor's loss was devastating and "bad for the country." He neglected to tell Gayle King and her colleagues - or they neglected to tell the audience - that he (Luntz) had been a paid consultant to Cantor's campaign. {Luntz was regularly appearing on the show back then to opine on politics. }