WTOP

• Feb 26, 2013

• #1

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Crawls

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Apr 2, 2011

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Frederick, MD

On my drive home I wanted to rip my own ears off after hearing the WTOP News guy say (and I paraphrase) "according to a Baltimore Sun poll, over 80% of Maryland residents support bans on assault weapons and high capacity ammunition clips."

I was so angry, I had to pull off to the side of I-270 to call up and complain to the station manager. Of course it went directly to his voice mail.

If anyone else heard the same, please feel free to do the same.

WTOP -- Contact Us.

I felt it was rather irresponsible for make such a statement based off of a small poll; conducted by a liberal publication; in a relatively liberal urban part of the state while ignoring the overwhelming turn out aginst the bill last month.

 

• Feb 26, 2013

• #2

MaxVO2

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****I heard it too. Pissed me off to no end but this small poll fits the media narrative that "reasonable" people overwhelmingly support banning assault weapons, hi-cap magazines, etc... It's basically a type of push polling where if enough people hear how others feel, it influences their opinions as well. If polling does NOT go their way, they ask a "man on the street" which is not even remotely scientific, and find someone who pushes their agenda...

This has been done for a long time as it works...

 

• Feb 26, 2013

• #3

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nedsurf

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Feb 8, 2013

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Time to counter the propaganda with our own. Deny and counter accuse.

 

• Feb 26, 2013

• #4

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sykesville

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Yeah, I heard it. &*()*&^%^ And he said 85 percent. What lying bastard told them that sh^t?

 

• Feb 26, 2013

• #5

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N3YMY

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nedsurf said:

Time to counter the propaganda with our own. Deny and counter accuse.

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Such as "standard capacity" instead of "high capacity" magazines...?

Personal defense weapon instead of assault weapon...

 

• Feb 26, 2013

• #6

hdatontodo

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also the average shmo doesn't know the kitchen sink has been thrown into this and there are many other infringements being proposed.

 

• Feb 26, 2013

• #7

Arcamm

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Isn't there a poll we can point them to that is less biased? Not that they would say anything.

 

• Feb 26, 2013

• #8

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T-MANN

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Feb 6, 2013

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When I took my drive from St. Mary's County to Annapolis on Feb 6....all I heard all the way up on WTOP was traffic is jammed in Annapolis because of the "presidents visit"........by the time I got to the stadium parking lot I called wtop to set the record straight...."nobody cares that he's here....everbody is here to oppose the gun control bill".... I thought I was amazed....until I left and the media said there was only 600 people at the rally.

 

• Feb 26, 2013

• #9

Sundazes

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I heard them say it was a WaPo poll said the same thing. Total BS

 

• Feb 26, 2013

• #10

davsco

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Oct 21, 2010

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reckless disregard for the truth.

my one prof always said, there are lies, damned lies, and then statistics.

 

• Feb 26, 2013

• #11

Jack Ryan

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Crawls said:

On my drive home I wanted to rip my own ears off after hearing the WTOP News guy say (and I paraphrase) "according to a Baltimore Sun poll, over 80% of Maryland residents support bans on assault weapons and high capacity ammunition clips."

I was so angry, I had to pull off to the side of I-270 to call up and complain to the station manager. Of course it went directly to his voice mail.

If anyone else heard the same, please feel free to do the same.

WTOP -- Contact Us.

I felt it was rather irresponsible for make such a statement based off of a small poll; conducted by a liberal publication; in a relatively liberal urban part of the state while ignoring the overwhelming turn out aginst the bill last month.

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That is either a result of piss poor journalism, or pure left wing party propaganda and brain washing.

Not sure which.

 

• Feb 26, 2013

• #12

1969sschevelle

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Dec 28, 2012

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Lost Farmland County MD

Shame on WTOP. I grew up with that station playing in the am on the kitchen radio. In the car as a quick news fix ect...now...they are on my boycott list also.

 

• Feb 26, 2013

• #13

pro1742

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Jan 19, 2013

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Carroll County

Why do you guys even bother listening to WTOP.....I wrote them off years ago!

 

• Feb 26, 2013

• #14

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Lex Armarum

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Oct 19, 2009

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Gentlemen, WTOP was merely reporting the WaPo's poll. Granted, they should have included countering polls but are there any they can cite?

 

• Feb 26, 2013

• #15

WeaponsCollector

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Mar 30, 2009

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If the news sources had any credibility they would mention how poll results can easily be manipulated depending on how the questions are worded.

For example:

"Do you support a ban on rapid-fire military-style assault weapons?"
VS
"Do you support a ban on the most popular semi-automatic firearms?"

If you ask people these two questions you will be guaranteed to get very different results.

 

• Feb 26, 2013

• #16

Arcamm

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pro1742 said:

Why do you guys even bother listening to WTOP.....I wrote them off years ago!

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One word;

Traffic report.


Time to get the emails flying. I just sent one.

 

• Feb 26, 2013

• #17

MJD438

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Rusty Shackleford said:

Gentlemen, WTOP was merely reporting the WaPo's poll. Granted, they should have included countering polls but are there any they can cite?

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IIRC, MSI has a poll, with the standard methodologies attached. I don't recall where the link is, but I believe it has been posted several times herein.

 

• Feb 26, 2013

• #18

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Lex Armarum

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MJD438 said:

IIRC, MSI has a poll, with the standard methodologies attached. I don't recall where the link is, but I believe it has been posted several times herein.

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So call Jim Farley and make him wise to it.

 

• Feb 26, 2013

• #19

Arcamm

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MJD438 said:

IIRC, MSI has a poll, with the standard methodologies attached. I don't recall where the link is, but I believe it has been posted several times herein.

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It's http://marylandshallissue.org/susquehanna-poll-on-maryland-2nd-amendment-opinions/

I just sent it to them.