Politico: CBS Hires Frank Luntz

[chuckstevens]

CBS News has reportedly hired Frank Luntz, the Republican strategist and pollster best known for helping Republicans craft often-deceptive messaging to torpedo liberal policies. In his post announcing the move, Politico media reporter Dylan Byers writes that Luntz will "make a number of appearances across the network between now and Election Day." Luntz's hiring comes only a few months after New York Times Magazine contributor Robert Draper reported that Luntz orchestrated a 2009 meeting where prominent Republicans formulated a plan to win back Congress and the White House.

In his book Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives, Draper reported that Luntz "organized a dinner" on IBM's inauguration night featuring a handful of "the Republican Party's most energetic thinkers." The attendees -- which included current vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan -- reportedly emerged from the nearly four hour dinner "almost giddily" after having agreed on "a way forward." According to Draper, the Republican plan involved showing "united and unyielding opposition to the president's economic policies," with an eventual goal of defeating Obama and taking back the Senate in 2012:

Are you kidding me? the man was a key planner of a meeting the night of President Obama's inauguration that said the GOP would obstruct everything to make Barrack Obama a one term president. The biggest crisis since the Great Depression and their goal was to screw everyone just to get power back. Can anyone say TREASON?

PS: Hey RNC Chairman Rancid Penis: Who has blood on their hands? How many people committed suicide when they lost their homes due to your party's evil policies?

[spanone]

1. the media is gearing up to help the thugs depose Obama

[Robyn66]

2. Frank Luntz

is one of the most amoral evil bastards that ever drew breath. He takes joy in doing harm and misdirecting and confusing people. I would not underestimate his abilities. I am sure that we have people on our side that can handle them but GOD i cant stand that man!!!!

[GoCubsGo]

3. Good thing nobody watches them.

Both their morning show and their evening news have the lowest ratings among all the network news programs. Hiring this shitstain will not boost their ratings.

[southernyankeebelle]

4. Well hopefully someone will start a protest agains CBS to stop him from being hired.

[grasswire]

5. don't take this without a protest!

The president of CBS News is Jeffrey Fager. He is also the producer of 60 Minutes.

The email address is [email protected].

[Taradacktyl]

10. RE: don't take this without a protest!

David Rhodes was named President of CBS News in February 2011.

I could not find his email, but his twitter address is: @davidgrayrhodes

If anyone has the right email, please post it.

[UTUSN]

6. CNN.com hires Ruben NAVARRETTE. It's all a pimp business. n/t

[EC]

7. So CBS in now the Network Faux News?

Never watch them anyway and I really don't think anyone does.

[TeamPooka]

8. cross CBS off the list nt

[otohara]

9. Fuck Them - Assholes

there's so much division in this country and the media is part of the problem.

[NCcoast]

11. I just posted this question on CBS New's website

You can post your own comments here:
[link:http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/feedback/fb_news_form.shtml?tag=ftr|
CBS News]

I'd like to know if it's true that you've hired the Republican's Orwellian wordsmith Frank Luntz. Were you aware that it has recently come to light the he hosted the meeting during Obama's inauguration in which it was agreed by GOP leaders, including Paul Ryan, that they would do everything possible to see that Obama failed? In other words they would do everything possible to keep the economy from recovering. And we in America would all suffer for this partisan scorched earth policy. Is that why you're hired him, to reward such behavior, to associate yourselves with it? Or perhaps it's to have him help you find just the right words to white wash it.