Thursday, October 11, 2007

A "Push Poll"

The Hospital has hired a PR firm to conduct a "Push Poll." This type of survey asks loaded questions intended to "alter the view of respondents under the guise of conducting a poll."

The Hospital has rather an upper hand in public relations (thanks for noticing, Crosscut). It doesn't really need to resort to loading questions.

We've just heard that you can call in and take the poll yourself to see what's going on. Call (425) 271-2300 and ask for the Children's Hospital survey. Please note that answer choices are known to be misleading and you are forbidden from changing your initial answers. This makes it especially tricky to answer according to your intentions, so please take care.

Both neighbors and the Community Club have repeatedly requested lists of poll questions and answer choices. One neighbor was flatly refused. All other inquires have gone unanswered. Why hide?