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

On Oct 24, 2024 at 8:45:25 AM PDT, "moviePig" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 10/23/2024 8:37 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>  On Oct 23, 2024 at 3:40:35 PM PDT, "moviePig" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>  
>>>  On 10/23/2024 3:05 PM, BTR1701 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.
>>>>    
>>>>>    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.