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From: nobody@nowhere.com
On 10/24/2024 2:49 PM, NoBody wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Oct 2024 18:24:55 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701
> wrote:
>
>> On 10/24/2024 12:01 PM, BTR1701 wrot
>>> 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.
>
> Where is Ubi's Troll-O-Meter when it's needed?
Neverland.
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