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John Edwards Embraces Wicked Fox News
John Edwards wants you to ignore all that garbage coming out of Fox News -- except when it makes him look good.
Edwards was the first major Democrat to vow to sit out a debate originally scheduled to air on Fox News last August. "Fox News has already proven they have no intention of providing 'fair and balanced' coverage of any Democrat in this election," declared his campaign website. "Now it's time for Democrats to stand together and send a clear message to Roger Ailes, Fox News and all the rest of them: bias isn't balance, but turning tables is fair." Other Democrats also succumbed to pressure from MoveOn.org and other left-wing groups, and Fox ended up cancelling the debate.
But it was a different story when, shortly after last night's Democratic debate on MSNBC, Eric Schultz, Edwards's national press secretary, sent out an email blast to reporters touting the results of a Frank Luntz focus group conducted on Fox. Schultz's email follows.
From: Eric Schultz
Sent: Tue Jan 15 23:29:42 2008
Subject: Frank Luntz Focus Group of Undecided Nevada Voters: EDWARDS WINNER
Edwards Declared the Winner by a Focus Group of Undecided Nevada Voters. On Fox News, Frank Luntz' focus group from Las Vegas of thirty undecided Nevada Democrats declared Edwards the winner. Luntz:
"How many of you thought John Edwards won?" [1/2 crowd raises hand]
"How many of you came in supporting Senator Edwards?" [About 3 people raise hand]
"On issue after issue, we're going to show this to you tomorrow night, his language actually scored better than Senator Clinton and Senator Obama." [Fox News, 1/15/08]
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