dmarc117 Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 This is the exact same thing as Jeff Gannon and the Talon News Agency. asking a scripted question is bunk. damn the messiah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 This is the exact same thing as Jeff Gannon and the Talon News Agency. no kidding. I mean, gannon was GHEY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope Flick Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 This is the exact same thing as Jeff Gannon and the Talon News Agency. Maybe, maybe not but it was certainly clumsy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaP'N GRuNGe Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 no kidding. I mean, gannon was GHEY! Uh, Pitney belongs to an actual news type organization. (Cue the HuffPo ridicule) Gannon was paid to be an imposter for a fake news agency. It goes just a bit beyond his gheyness. (He was also a male prostitute, but whateva.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yo mama Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 I guess I don't really see the outrage. Wasn't the question actually posed by folks in Iran who couldn't exactly appear in person? Did the person "asking" the question merely act as a conduit? Or am I misremembering... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaP'N GRuNGe Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 I guess I don't really see the outrage. Wasn't the question actually posed by folks in Iran who couldn't exactly appear in person? Did the person "asking" the question merely act as a conduit? Or am I misremembering... In a clever ruse, Axelrod planted a fake iranian with a fake question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 ouch The use of planted questioners is a no-no at presidential news conferences, because it sends a message to the world -- Iran included -- that the American press isn't as free as advertised. But yesterday wasn't so much a news conference as it was a taping of a new daytime drama, "The Obama Show." Missed yesterday's show? Don't worry: On Wednesday, ABC News will be broadcasting "Good Morning America" from the South Lawn (guest stars: the president and first lady), "World News Tonight" from the Blue Room, and a prime-time feature with Obama from the East Room. .... But yesterday's daytime drama belonged primarily to Pitney, of the Huffington Post Web site. During the eight years of the Bush administration, liberal outlets such as the Huffington Post often accused the White House of planting questioners in news conferences to ask preplanned questions. But here was Obama fielding a preplanned question asked by a planted questioner -- from the Huffington Post. Pitney said the White House, though not aware of the question's wording, asked him to come up with a question about Iran proposed by an Iranian. And, as it turned out, he was not the only prearranged questioner at yesterday's show. Later, Obama passed over the usual suspects to call on Macarena Vidal of the Spanish-language EFE news agency. The White House called Vidal in advance to see whether she was coming and arranged for her to sit in a seat usually assigned to a financial trade publication. She asked about Chile and Colombia. A couple of more questions and Obama called it a day. "Mr. President!" yelled Mike Allen of Politico. "May I ask about Afghanistan? No questions about Iraq or Afghanistan?" Sorry: Those weren't prearranged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yo mama Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 In a clever ruse, Axelrod planted a fake iranian with a fake question. Perhaps a sign of the times, I honestly can't tell if you are being serious or sarcastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrograde assault Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 If your over the age of 50, you've seen this kinda thing many times in your life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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