Re: Kamala Town Hall Attendees Barred From Asking Questions: "All Pre-Determined"

Ubiquitous <[email protected]> Wed, 23 Oct 2024 16:22:09 -0400
Newsgroups alt.censorship,rec.arts.tv
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] wrote:
> On Oct 23, 2024 at 9:39:35 AM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <[email protected]> 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.

"But but that's different!" [eye roll]

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Let's go Brandon!