Honesty (framing) vs. The Shell Game (grifting)

Written by: Megan Foster on Jan 10, 2007 3:04 PM EST

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 From Jeffrey Feldman's latest blog: 

Well, I just finished listening to Terry Gross' interview of Republican spin man Frank Luntz--a 45 minute segment that aired on NPR's Fresh Air, yesterday (follow this link to hear the broadcast). I suggest that everyone head over to the NPR site and listen to the segment.

Many people ask me the difference between what we do here on Frameshop and what Frank Luntz does--the difference between framing and grifting.

There are many points of divergence, but I want to draw attention to three in particular--three key differences between framing and grifting.

Point #1: Honesty (framing) vs. The Shell Game (grifting)
Gross did a commendable job trying to interview Luntz about his work with Republican spin. Her challenge was similar to interviewing Sasha Cohen about his character Borat. Like Cohen, once Luntz climbs inside his character, he absolutely refuses to do or say anything that would give away the artifice of the act. In the case of Luntz, it's not an Central Asian hapless journalist he is playing, but an impartial "professional listener" deeply concerned with helping politicians understand what is really in the hearts and minds of the American "public."

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