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WaPo: CNN coached audience to cheer for Hillary during town hall event
Hot Air ^
| 21 Jun 2014
| Ed Morrissey
Posted on 06/21/2014 5:31:54 PM PDT by mandaladon
When CNN rolled out the red carpet for Hillary Clintons town-hall interview with Christiane Amanpour, they did more than just build a set and invite an audience to participate.
According to the Washington Posts 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 halls 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 shows 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 isnt exactly a hotbed of conservative politics:
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016electionbias; amanpour; bias; boycottimewarner; clinton; clintonnewsnetwork; cnn; collusion; dnctalkingpoints; hillary; hillarybooktour; mediabias; msm
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If CNN is this worried about audience reaction to Hillary in this district, shes in deep trouble indeed (as her less-than-enthusiastic ratings and book sales elsewhere indicate). So is CNNs credibility, which Wemple skewers in his conclusion:...........................CNN is pathetic.
To: mandaladon
Not a surprise, the MSM is simply a part of the government these days
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posted on
06/21/2014 5:33:16 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: mandaladon
OK, before the red light goes on, when Hillary promises a rectal exam with a red hot poker, everybody cheer OK??? Got it....
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posted on
06/21/2014 5:34:24 PM PDT
by
12th_Monkey
(One man one vote is a big fail, when the "one" man is an idiot.)
To: mandaladon
Which is why for years CNN was known as the Clinton News Network.
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posted on
06/21/2014 5:34:34 PM PDT
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: mandaladon
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posted on
06/21/2014 5:37:05 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
To: mandaladon
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posted on
06/21/2014 5:37:27 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("Harvey Dent, can we trust him?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBsdV--kLoQ)
To: LostInBayport
“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.
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posted on
06/21/2014 5:38:26 PM PDT
by
AlexW
To: mandaladon
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posted on
06/21/2014 5:38:51 PM PDT
by
JPG
(Yes We Can morphs into Make It Hurt.)
To: mandaladon
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.
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posted on
06/21/2014 5:42:47 PM PDT
by
KingLudd
To: mandaladon
CNN is the Clown News Network. Sorry to all of the clowns out there.
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posted on
06/21/2014 5:43:57 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Feed the wacko enrviromentalists to the starving polar bears.)
To: mandaladon
Sounds like a bought and paid for audience of stupids when you still have to coach them.
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posted on
06/21/2014 5:44:41 PM PDT
by
The Cajun
(tea party!!!, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert......Nuff said.)
To: mandaladon
“Yakety Sax” should be played every time that worthless piece of crap speaks.
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posted on
06/21/2014 5:44:45 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
To: mandaladon
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posted on
06/21/2014 5:49:02 PM PDT
by
aquila48
To: mandaladon
I’d have to lift one cheek to make the proper noise
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posted on
06/21/2014 5:50:44 PM PDT
by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: mandaladon
CNN = CLINT NEWS NETWORK.. whoring again.
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posted on
06/21/2014 5:51:24 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a weapon..0'Bathhouse/"Rustler" Reid? d8-)
To: mandaladon
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?
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posted on
06/21/2014 5:52:08 PM PDT
by
originalbuckeye
(Moderation in temper is always a virtue; moderation in principle is always a vice. Paine)
To: mandaladon
To: mandaladon
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posted on
06/21/2014 5:54:11 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: mandaladon
not in a partisan manner for Clinton, but for the sake of the town halls television opticsA distinction without a difference.
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posted on
06/21/2014 5:56:26 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("The Arab Spring is over. Welcome to the Jihadi Spring." Jonah Goldberg)
To: originalbuckeye
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posted on
06/21/2014 6:04:49 PM PDT
by
ViLaLuz
(2 Chronicles 7:14)
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