Comments on: NYT Tries to Take Down Georgetown Prof Who Revealed Extent of Defensive Gun Uses

By: frimble@hotmail.com

frimble@hotmail.com — Sun, 23 Jun 2024 20:33:30 +0000

Dan Z

Had to stop reading this blog: light gray type/font is NOT easy on the eyes, and the current article text is discouraging. Can’t think of any age where my eyes would be attracted to light gray font. Please have someone reconsider the idea that light gray font is “easy on the eyes”, or “light gray font” reduces eye strain.

Thanx

By: Jack Straw

Jack Straw — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 19:10:57 +0000

In reply to LKB.

If Dr. English’s gun owner surveys are considered to be reliable and accurate then they should be published and peer reviewed by statisticians.

Unfortunately, he has chosen not to do either. In fact, he has made it difficult for researchers to access and analyze the data.

This, and the fact that he received over $100,000 from unnamed sources (as far as anyone can tell), makes reporters question the validity and legitimacy of his work.

By: Gug

Gug — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 08:12:32 +0000

In reply to Don. Quite a stupid thing to say or you just don’t know what communist propaganda is, which are media using fictional sources or any at all, for achieving political goals. As a European it sounds like FOX news. NYT displays all sources and give all a chance to comment, just like they tried with William English, who seemed not interested in taking responsibility for his research.

By: Gerhard Kutt

Gerhard Kutt — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 07:58:31 +0000

I listened to the report on The Daily and honestly – they did not draw any conclusions – only that they could not find the details of surveys Dr. English allegedly made. There have been many surveys done – ALL of the other ones sponsored by gun companies or pro-gun lobbies, or anti gun law advocates.
He was paid tens of thousands of dollars for the surveys. There were no details of how the surveys were conducted, who conducted them or who the surveys asked. Surveys had concluding remarks that always favored gun ownership their use for self defense. Specific questions and their answers were revealed. The author tried to contact Dr. English at his University, called him at home and on his cell phone and even visited the University office and his home, left messages on his home answering service, office answering service and mobile phone and got zero responses.
Does Dr. English exist? How legitimate were his surveys – if at all? You can all read and draw your own conclusions. For me, Dr. English is bogus … and so are his surveys – they should be thrown out any court – as his surveys are unproven to be true or valid – IMO.

By: Vinista

Vinista — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 23:51:55 +0000

In reply to Dr English. LOL

By: Vinista

Vinista — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 23:50:08 +0000

In reply to GeorgeFromNY. No they don’t. The reporter was motivated to pursue the trail of who had funded the research precisely because it contained questionable methodology, and because, in at least one case, the plaintiff removed English’s research from their evidence rather than have him testify under subpoena about his work. That smells rotten.

By: james

james — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 15:24:07 +0000

I am laughing….wtf is this page? It’s like a paragraph from the original article then an angry comment section, in which people demonstrate that they did not read the article. I guess it actually makes total sense.

Enjoy the half baked outrage guys.

By: Evan

Evan — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 14:34:45 +0000

In reply to LKB. His research was introduced via an amicus brief not as expert testimony so no, Daubert would not have applied.

By: Evan

Evan — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 14:00:30 +0000

In reply to LKB. His research was introduced via an amicus brief not as expert testimony so no, Daubert would not have applied.

By: TexasJohn

TexasJohn — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:31:42 +0000

They absolutely attacked the methodology. And the methodology was an absolute joke.

This was a garbage study. Anybody with any insight into the use of surveys in academic studies recognizes that.

Dr. English decided that a paycheck was worth his credibility. I hope the check was huge because his academic career is over.