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From: nobody@nowhere.com
On 10/24/2024 12:01 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> On Oct 24, 2024 at 8:45:25 AM PDT, "moviePig" wrote:
>
>> On 10/23/2024 8:37 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>> On Oct 23, 2024 at 3:40:35 PM PDT, "moviePig" wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 10/23/2024 3:05 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>>>> On Oct 23, 2024 at 9:39:35 AM PDT, "Ubiquitous"
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Vice President Kamala Harris held an event in Michigan on Monday
that was
>>>>>> billed as a "town hall"-- but when attendees asked if their
questions were
>>>>>> going to be answered, host Maria Shriver admitted that all of the
>>>>>> questions
>>>>>> had already been pre-determined.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The video showed Shriver, who is the niece of former President John
F.
>>>>>> Kennedy, responding to an audience member who asked whether anyone
present
>>>>>> would be allowed to ask a question of the Democratic presidential
>>>>>> nominee--
>>>>>> which traditionally is the point of the town hall format in the
first
>>>>>> place--
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and she told them that they would just have to rely on her to ask
the
>>>>>> questions that they would most want to have answered.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "You're not, unfortunately, we have some pre-determined questions
and I
>>>>>> hopefully will be able to ask some of the questions that might be
in your
>>>>>> head, I hope so," Shriver said.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "And this woman-- Maria Shriver, no less-- cosplays as a journalist
at NBC
>>>>>> News!" Curtis Houck, managing editor of NewsBusters, responded.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Nothing says 'town hall' like predetermined questions," another
social
>>>>>> media
>>>>>>
>>>>>> user said.
>>>>>
>>>>> Wasn't it Shawn that was castigating Trump for his performative
politics
>>>>> just
>>>>> a few says ago? Well, here you go. Kammie's no better.
>>>>>
>>>>>> A number also argued that if the questions were pre-determined, it
was
>>>>>> likely
>>>>>>
>>>>>> that Harris and her campaign team had access to them and had
prepared
>>>>>> their
>>>>>> responses prior to the event. Still more noted that, after nearly
48 hours
>>>>>> of
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Democrats and media complaining about how "scripted" former
President
>>>>>> Donald
>>>>>> Trump’s visit to McDonald's had been, it seemed a little on the
nose for
>>>>>> Harris to do a "town hall" without a single surprise question.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yep. All those bitching about Trump's staged appearance-- even those
on
>>>>> this
>>>>> newsgroup-- are strangely silent when Kammie pulls the same sort of
stunt.
>>>>>
>>>>> What was the audience even there for? If it's not really a town hall
>>>>> format
>>>>> and no one gets to ask questions, Shriver could have just done an
>>>>> in-studio
>>>>> interview with Kammie and left it at that. But no, instead Kammie's
people
>>>>> go
>>>>> to all the trouble to bring in an audience under the ruse of it
being a
>>>>> town
>>>>> hall when all they really wanted was a room full of people to act as
>>>>> background props for her campaign.
>>>>
>>>> 'Ruse'? You think the audience showed up to ask questions?
>>>
>>> Sounds like at least some of them did.
>>>
>>>> Seems it was a live interview conducted before an audience
>>>
>>> Yes, but that's not what a town hall is.
>>
>> Please cite your definitive definition.
>
> No, I'm not playing your games. Everyone knows the difference between a town
> hall event and a press interview.
And I'm not playing the "everyone knows" game. The issue here (pretty
clearly) is how/whether a 'town hall' must include audience questions.
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