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

On Thu, 24 Oct 2024 18:24:55 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On 10/24/2024 12:01 PM, BTR1701 wrot
>> 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.
>
>And I'm not playing the "everyone knows" game.  

Where is Ubi's Troll-O-Meter when it's needed?