Damn....CNN planting lobbyists and politicians to act as mothers, voters and students?

[Pressure]

Breaking news: DC Town Hall allows lobbyist to ask questions.

Coming up next: Joe the Plumber isn't actually named Joe.

 

[Lord_Chief_Rocka]

They should have just disclosed who they worked for

 

[Meta Reign]

It means look at the board's , outside of me @For Da Bag , @King Kreole and a few others most of you are ding bats. Look at people like @storyteller @Jhoon these people are functionally mentally challenged and comprehension is below that of elementary students

It's a microcosm of the outside world , so imagine if CNN actually let real real people come and ask questions it would be a shyt show. Even Bernie knows he can't deliver all the free shyt and UBI and he's not going to put up with the crazys (that's one reason you rarely see him around AOC )

^^^

Democrats.

 

[wire28]

Wait, so you're telling me you thought these townhall meetings were literally randoms off the street who just happen to be articulate, well-spoken and knowledgeable about current events? You don't think that these news organizations vet ... not only the people asking the questions, but the questions themselves?

The rare times someone in the campaign doesn't do their due diligence, you get a crazy woman accusing the opponent of being a secret Muslim, or a member of the socialist party making weird faces while standing directly behind the candidate/president. Both the campaign and the media have a vested interest in keeping some sort of decorum and making the candidate not seem terrible, so nearly everything is pre-planned.

Obviously the people were reading prepared questions, and weren't just riffing up there. Now, none of us can say whether those were questions from the people themselves, or if they were given by CNN. But to me it seems like the questions were, for the most part, perfectly fair and not just obvious softballs or posed dishonestly.

And I must mention this again.... it took place in D.C.! EVERYONE in D.C. has fund raised for some PAC, or volunteered for some Democrat's campaign, or held office on some level themselves. I don't see the labels as particularly deceptive and don't see how having lobbyists or DNC officials themselves ask these generic questions is problematic.

There were a couple a people that were ALLEGEDLY Howard students. Lemme call my folks up there and see if they seen them on the yard I think they were plants to ruin Bernie!

 

[LeVraiPapi]

CNN has also set stages for Republican and GOP employees as Trump critics and Trump voters in other state . It's been debunked here several times as well . I believe MSNBC and PBS are the only two that don't do it .

You should see Fox News panels


There was a video about Obama voters about remorse. Hope I can find it.

 

[Apollo Kid]

Have the former communications aide to Jeff Sessions and former head of PR of Ted Cruz be the editor of your news network brehs

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Lol, why do you assume that CNN was doing this FOR Bernie and not against him?

Did CNN Stack the Audience Against Bernie Sanders at His Town Hall?

It’s no surprise that Bernie is against lobbyist, he’s made it clear. And i guess it’s just a coincidence that one of the questioners asking about his sexual harassment car just happened to be one of the lobbyists.

Not just that, but CNN has since come out tonapologizr about not being more clear about everyone’s real affiliations.

But it’s business as usual huh. And you wonder why ppl like you are called sheep? Because you don’t even follow or watch these things yet believe and blindly support the very same ppl trying to play these games on you.

The DNC (or GOP) don’t give a fukk about you bruh. So unless you getting paid by them, you should probably be a little more hesitant to throw blind support of ppl that have no problems using you and walking all over you.
Sheep like you are no different than the typical MAGA voter. Completely married to one side and will make up every excuse in the world why you have to stay with your abuser.

No wonder these parties don’t change shyt. They don’t have to. They get voted in just for saying the right things or speaking to your emotions.


https://nypost.com/2019/02/27/cnn-d...rty-ties-of-questioners-in-sanders-town-hall/

"Among those who quizzed the socialist presidential hopeful was Baltimore County Democratic Party Chair Tara Ebersole, who was identified on the episode only as a “former biology professor,” and Charles County Democratic Central Committee Chair Abena McAllister, who was described as “an active Democrat,” according to Mediaite.

Yunjung Seo was introduced as a college student, but neither host Wolf Blitzer nor the on-screen chyron mentioned that she is an intern at Democratic fundraising outfit the Katz Watson Group, according to her LinkedIn page.

And Shadi Nasab was also presented as a college student, even though her LinkedIn page says she is an intern at DC lobbying firm Cassidy and Associates."

These descriptions aren't even close.
CNN admits they should have went further in explaining affiliations, Cenk says:

“When CNN does a town hall for the other candidates and it’s New Hampshire, it’s in Iowa, it’s in the heartland. But when Bernie Sanders, they finally give him a town hall, they happen to put it in Washington, DC, and fill the room with lobbyists and PR agents and people that work in political offices — and then they don’t tell you? Come on!” the host exclaimed."

But we got people in here on some "keep it moving nothing to see here" shyt.

 

[Berniewood Hogan]

it's not a secret the wealthy donor class doesn't want this man in the oval office

and the career "wonks" are doing their bidding

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

Why does this surprise people?

It’s television and I’m sure whether in their official role or not people like this try and get on panels/shows and speak.

The average basement dweller isn’t going to go to one of these and ask questions in front of a national audience.

Stop trying to make it into something it isn’t

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Why does this surprise people?

It’s television and I’m sure whether in their official role or not people like this try and get on panels/shows and speak.

The average basement dweller isn’t going to go to one of these and ask questions in front of a national audience.

Stop trying to make it into something it isn’t

Just identify them properly then.

 

[NoMayo15]

These descriptions aren't even close.

Just identify them properly then.

It's not impossible to both intern for a company AND attend university... actually that's quite common. If you're a student, and you happen to also work part time bagging groceries, do you identify more as a college student or a grocer? Are you being intentionally deceptive if you don't tell people you're a grocery bagger when they ask what you do?

And I've still yet to hear a valid argument for how a lobbyist asking these questions negatively impacted Bernie here. I mean, what real difference does it make to know that Seo and Nasab worked for these firms or not?

 

[Berniewood Hogan]

the right is attaching itself to any slight against bernie and attempting to co-opt his campaign as a wedge against the democrats

 

[AnonymityX1000]

It's not impossible to both intern for a company AND attend university... actually that's quite common. If you're a student, and you happen to also work part time bagging groceries, do you identify more as a college student or a grocer? Are you being intentionally deceptive if you don't tell people you're a grocery bagger when they ask what you do?

And I've still yet to hear a valid argument for how a lobbyist asking these questions negatively impacted Bernie here. I mean, what real difference does it make to know that Seo and Nasab worked for these firms or not?

Whichever is more relevant to the occasion. And being an intern for a lobbyist firm was more relevant than saying they are a student.
It isn't detrimental to Bernie he had a great town hall. But it is detrimental to CNN's credibility. It's an unforced error on their part when right wing folks are calling them fake news and Black Lives Matter protesters chant"Fukk CNN!" Whenever they get a chance. We want the news to have credibility right?

 

[StatUS]

It's not impossible to both intern for a company AND attend university... actually that's quite common. If you're a student, and you happen to also work part time bagging groceries, do you identify more as a college student or a grocer? Are you being intentionally deceptive if you don't tell people you're a grocery bagger when they ask what you do?

And I've still yet to hear a valid argument for how a lobbyist asking these questions negatively impacted Bernie here. I mean, what real difference does it make to know that Seo and Nasab worked for these firms or not?

Dude, nobody is talking about the student like that. They're just saying that it should be disclosed who they work/intern for. The questions were fine but it should always be disclosed that the person asking the questions is in politics or lobbying not just a mother of two or a teacher, that's all.

 

[NoMayo15]

Whichever is more relevant to the occasion. And being an intern for a lobbyist firm was more relevant than saying they are a student.
It isn't detrimental to Bernie he had a great town hall. But it is detrimental to CNN's credibility. It's an unforced error on their part when right wing folks are calling them fake news and Black Lives Matter protesters chant"Fukk CNN!" Whenever they get a chance. We want the news to have credibility right?

For all we know the questioners gave CNN their descriptions, and when you live in a city like D.C., interning for a firm isn't particularly interesting because so many people have ties to political organizations.

Dude, nobody is talking about the student like that. They're just saying that it should be disclosed who they work/intern for. The questions were fine but it should always be disclosed that the person asking the questions is in politics or lobbying not just a mother of two or a teacher, that's all.

No, the claim or implication is that CNN were being intentionally deceptive to ... I guess, hurt Bernie's chances in the election somehow. That is what I don't think anyone can demonstrate to be true.

@jayshiggs did quote an article which specifically mentioned the students who interned with lobbyist groups, which is why I quoted him. I just don't know how knowing who they interned for is relevant information. How does it change which questions are asked, or how they're asked, or how Bernie responds? What difference does it really make here?