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From: NoBody@nowhere.com
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?
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