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

On 10/24/2024 2:49 PM, NoBody wrote:
> 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?

Neverland.