WaPo: CNN coached audience to cheer for Hillary during town hall event

Hot Air ^ | 21 Jun 2014 | Ed Morrissey

[mandaladon]

When CNN rolled out the red carpet for Hillary Clinton’s town-hall interview with Christiane Amanpour, they did more than just build a set and invite an audience to participate.

According to the Washington Post’s Erik Wemple, who attended the event, CNN warmed up the crowd for Hillary and even coached them on how to cheer and make noise to demonstrate enthusiasm for the former Secretary of State.

Note the whoops at the beginning of the broadcast, and near the end of this clip when Amanpour asks about her decision on running for President — cheers that were part of the coaching Wemple reports: To add “energy” to its show (attended by the Erik Wemple Blog), CNN deployed an enthusiastic stage director who coached the audience to applaud at various points throughout the broadcast — not in a partisan manner for Clinton, but for the sake of the town hall’s television optics.

Approximately 15 minutes before the show, the producer ran the audience through a practice round of applause and noise-making. The results of the audience-prodding turn up in the show’s video.

Just how difficult was it for CNN to find a naturally enthusiastic audience, anyway? The event was staged in Washington DC, which as Wemple notes isn’t exactly a hotbed of conservative politics:

[mandaladon]

If CNN is this worried about audience reaction to Hillary in this district, she’s in deep trouble indeed (as her less-than-enthusiastic ratings and book sales elsewhere indicate). So is CNN’s credibility, which Wemple skewers in his conclusion:...........................CNN is pathetic.

[GeronL]

Not a surprise, the MSM is simply a part of the government these days

[12th_Monkey]

OK, before the red light goes on, when Hillary promises a rectal exam with a red hot poker, everybody cheer OK??? Got it....

[LostInBayport]

Which is why for years CNN was known as the Clinton News Network.

[SIDENET]

Whores.

[ClearCase_guy]

[AlexW]

“Which is why for years CNN was known as the Clinton News Network.”
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I always refer to it as the Communist News Network. Fortunately, only the Marxist watch it.

[JPG]

[KingLudd]

Watch her when she enters the room. She waves to random people and reacts to them as if they were her best friend. Nauseating sack of shit.

[FlingWingFlyer]

CNN is the Clown News Network. Sorry to all of the clowns out there.

[The Cajun]

Sounds like a bought and paid for audience of stupids when you still have to coach them.

[SIDENET]

“Yakety Sax” should be played every time that worthless piece of crap speaks.

[aquila48]

Bookmark

[bigbob]

I’d have to lift one cheek to make the proper noise

[skinkinthegrass]

CNN = CLINT NEWS NETWORK.. whoring again.

[originalbuckeye]

Hillary! is going to fade from the scene. But here’s my question: why does she always have a pillow behind her back whenever she’s sitting? What’s up with that?

[lowbridge]

Bump

[smokingfrog]

[NonValueAdded]

not in a partisan manner for Clinton, but for the sake of the town hall’s television optics

A distinction without a difference.

[ViLaLuz]

“why does she always have a pillow behind her back whenever she’s sitting? What’s up with that?”

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DlkxQMxJmEU