GOP consultant Frank Luntz gives Fox News a room full of Pres. Obama opponents and feeds them lies

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http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-onthemedia-20110129,0,7518395.column

On the Media: Fox News 'pollster' Frank Luntz's sleight of phrase

GOP consultant Frank Luntz gives Fox News a room full of President Obama opponents and feeds them misleading information.

By James Rainey

January 29, 2011

We all know by now that cable TV news provides cozy destinations for the two political poles: Liberals go to MSNBC for aid and comfort. Conservatives flock to Fox to be told what they want to hear.

What's offensive is when the people hawking these highly branded properties pretend they're doing something else, like playing it down the middle. You see it during big news events when MSNBC's lefty commentators suddenly try to morph into "news" anchors.

You saw it after this week's State of the Union address, when Fox offered up a famously partisan political operative as an unbiased pollster, just wanting to help us understand the American people. Surprise, surprise — GOP consultant Frank Luntz spoon-fed Fox viewers a focus group chock-full of Obama haters.

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1. had to get the "both sides do it" shot in before taking off on Luntz

typical crap jounamalism.