February poll, April news and the measurement of the Euro-Atlantic Coalition before the Coalition existed

2025-04-22 17:13:24 / POLITIKË ALFA PRESS

February poll, April news and the measurement of the Euro-Atlantic Coalition

As has become customary, the government has launched a massive brainwashing campaign with pre-determined polls. This aims to discourage citizens from going to vote and create the perception that the electoral race is over before it even begins.

Last night, the national television channel Top Channel broadcast an election poll during the show hosted by Grida Duma, authored by American pollster John McLaughlin. The well-known name of the pollster and the American origin of the company were used as a guarantee of the quality and reliability of the poll, but the truth that was exposed during the show cast a heavy shadow over this claim.

This is one of the old games that the government has turned into practice: polls commissioned by the majority that are conducted in February and published in April, with a clear propaganda purpose - to create the perception that "Rama has won", before the citizens have expressed their will by voting.

In this logic of manipulation, there was also another bluff: according to the survey, support for the Euro-Atlantic Coalition, the group led by Lulzim Basha, was only 0.7%. A figure that not only contradicts the reality of the campaign, but was presented in a dry and out of context manner, creating a distorted perception of a political force that in recent weeks has shown significant growth on the ground, in public opinion and on social networks.

But the biggest paradox was exposed during a live interview with the poll's author himself. Asked by Grida Duma, John McLaughlin admitted that the data belonged to February - a period when the Euro-Atlantic Coalition had not yet been registered as an electoral subject, had not launched its campaign, had not published its program or candidate lists.

Grida Duma: What we will read tonight, what we will announce to the Albanian public, is a survey that ends in February, so there are dates and data that refer to the month of February. Am I correct?
John McLaughlin: Correct.

This statement completely invalidates the value of any results related to the Euro-Atlantic Coalition in this poll. How can one measure a force that had not yet entered the race? How can one claim an objective assessment for an entity that did not legally exist at the time the poll was conducted?

This is not a poll, it is packaged propaganda. A clear attempt to discredit an alternative that is increasingly gaining the trust of citizens. A violation of media ethics and an insult to the intelligence of public opinion.

 

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