For whom the bell polls
A few weeks ago, I received a call from Midgam, a leading Israeli commercial polling and market-research firm. The woman on the line requested that I participate in a survey. The topic turned out to…
Assessment
A commercial pollster's survey on "settler violence" appears to have been designed with leading questions that assume the phenomenon's severity, rather than testing its existence. The interviewer's discomfort when challenged suggests awareness of the loaded framing. This raises questions about how polling data can be weaponized to manufacture consensus on a politically charged issue, turning research into advocacy.