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Re: Quote Of The Day: Obama’s “Planted Question” And The Huffington Post

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Re: Quote Of The Day: Obama’s “Planted Question” And The Huffington Post

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Re: Quote Of The Day: Obama’s “Planted Question” And The Huffington Post

christoofar — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:46:26 -0000

Well, I heard that that Obama fellers a lot like Hilter. What about that?

Re: Quote Of The Day: Obama’s “Planted Question” And The Huffington Post

HemmD — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:29:46 -0000

shannonlee
"If the Obama admin was going to plant a question, the HuffPo would be the perfect "media" outlet to use."

Your personal feelings aside concerning the "scarred" Ariana, why would those "facts" about her life be grounds for making her a perfect conduit for a "planted" question? I believe her website has been communicating with Iranians on the streets in Iran, so maybe THP was just a logical place to get a question for that country.

What I don&#39t get is the "planted" part of everybody&#39s criticism. A planted question is one designed by those being asked so that they may make a particular political point, and it&#39s pretty clear there is no good motive for Obama to want this particular question asked. It in fact has a landmine quality to it that I would expect from Fox news.

I&#39d say there&#39s a 50/50 chance that the Iranian asking the question was an Iranian government agent. Mousavi supporters certainly are not interested under what terms the US would accept Ahmadinejad&#39s election. The ham-fisted supreme council, however, would love to know what it would take to make this all go away.

Huffington is just a simple way to deflect the origin of this question.

Re: Quote Of The Day: Obama’s “Planted Question” And The Huffington Post

FairTalk — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:55:47 -0000

Planting questions is a problem, but I guess that Obama feels his "transparancy makes it all OK?

This is a concern. I believe the so called "new media" only works when their is freedom to comment on the posts. Why? Because, too many people today, read only that news that agrees with their already made up mind. Unless one can comment, there is no opportunity to offer corrections, or vet the often inacurate info in the post.

Interesting to nore, Al Jareexa English, on Youtube, used to allow, even welcome comments, but now comments are not permitted.

BTW: I have been banned from commenting on Huffington Post. It happened just like a missle attack. One moment I was pressing "post comment" the next min I was informed that I was not allowed to post, then my whole "profiel" was blown off the site, completely! The tryany of the majority rules at HP?

In my opinion the "free press" is under attack, and that makes it difficult for those who wish to live in a democratic society to do so, because they are being robbed of their "mind."

It becomes more and more difficult to personally "vet" MSM. How can anyone believe what is in the media about Iran, today? Change is on the way? I wonder?
http://shoe08.blogspot.com/2009/01/change-is-on...

Re: Quote Of The Day: Obama’s “Planted Question” And The Huffington Post

NoseForNews — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:35:16 -0000

True, there&#39s no real telling where the question came from. But damn, if that was a plant, it wasn&#39t very well thought-out, at least not by Obama and his team.

http://www.newsy.com/videos/statecraft_vs_stage...

Re: Quote Of The Day: Obama’s “Planted Question” And The Huffington Post

DLS — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:28:34 -0000

GerSan -- Chavez needs to add "town halls" to his news programs. (Same for Ahmedinejad and the clerics running Iran, demonstrating how wondeful and well-supported they are.) Obama needs to add "news" programs (or extended news conferences, "spontaneous" [sic], even).

Re: Quote Of The Day: Obama’s “Planted Question” And The Huffington Post

DLS — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:25:28 -0000

"So, as long as a planted question is a good one, or it&#39s been done before, it&#39s okay for Obama & Co. to shape the news in a manner most favorable to themselves? How incredibly absurd.
I don&#39t think it&#39ll be long before all the questions are plants. After all, it worked for the town halls, why not go to it for news conferences, too?"

Manipulating public opinion (and the many manipulable who at least still caress their Presidential knee pads fromtime to time) is nothing new, nor has managing the media with this Obama group.

It does make you wonder once more (after observing how Chrysler and GM bondholders were treated, in contrast to the cronyish paid-back UAW, an effective auxiliary Dem federal stake in the Detroit companies earlier) exactly what Obama learned and brought back with after, indeed, meeting with Hugo Chavez.

Now for the kicker: the liberal media has adored Obama and is already prostituting itself with hype and alarmism and willingness to advertise on behalf of government health care (rushed to give to the childish); I would definitely expect one or more extended press conferences on this issue before too much longer.

Re: Quote Of The Day: Obama’s “Planted Question” And The Huffington Post

ChrisWWW — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:24:53 -0000

GerSan,
Again, there is no logic to the idea that it was planted to help the president. It was a tough question, and he didn&#39t respond well at all. In all seriousness, did you think it was a bad or inappropriate question?

As Arianna Huffington admitted, they were informed they would be called upon by the president. That in itself is unusual, but it doesn&#39t seem to cross the line into insidious propaganda considering they weren&#39t told what to ask the President.

For some context, go review the types of questions Jeff Gannon, a real White House plant, would ask: http://mediamatters.org/research/200502020014

Re: Quote Of The Day: Obama’s “Planted Question” And The Huffington Post

shannonlee — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:10:05 -0000

Dear HemmD...proof of what? Why she divorced her rich husband? Where her money comes from? You do realize that she was once a hard core conservative?

I put here in the same category as Anne Coulter...just on the other side of the spectrum.

Re: Quote Of The Day: Obama’s “Planted Question” And The Huffington Post

GerSan — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:09:56 -0000

Wow. So, as long as a planted question is a good one, or it&#39s been done before, it&#39s okay for Obama & Co. to shape the news in a manner most favorable to themselves? How incredibly absurd.
I don&#39t think it&#39ll be long before all the questions are plants. After all, it worked for the town halls, why not go to it for news conferences, too?
Or he could just do a weekly TV show like Hugo.....

Re: Quote Of The Day: Obama’s “Planted Question” And The Huffington Post

ChrisWWW — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:51:23 -0000

"And the fact that he &#39did not answer the question&#39 does not prove that it was not planted, it only proves that without a Tele-prompter, Mr. Obama is lost."

And to that I add: "Where&#39s his birth certificate?"

Re: Quote Of The Day: Obama’s “Planted Question” And The Huffington Post

PWT — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:34:29 -0000

That was not a tough question. It was a tough question for Mr. Obama because he has no core principles on which to base his answer - the same can be said in regard to a multitude of foreign policy questions. And the fact that he &#39did not answer the question&#39 does not prove that it was not planted, it only proves that without a Tele-prompter, Mr. Obama is lost.

There is no proof that the question came from an &#39actual iranian&#39.

Re: Quote Of The Day: Obama’s “Planted Question” And The Huffington Post

ChrisWWW — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:09:18 -0000

George,
To make matters worse, the question wasn&#39t even from him, it was from an actual Iranian. So a random Iranian dude is better than our "professional" media.

Re: Quote Of The Day: Obama’s “Planted Question” And The Huffington Post

GeorgeSorwell — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:56:17 -0000

It&#39s the fact that the new-media guy asked the toughest question that ought to be the real scandal.

Re: Quote Of The Day: Obama’s “Planted Question” And The Huffington Post

christoofar — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:46:26 -0000

Well, I heard that that Obama fellers a lot like Hilter. What about that?

Re: Quote Of The Day: Obama’s “Planted Question” And The Huffington Post

ChrisWWW — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:45:16 -0000

PWT,
The "logic" of your allegation is self-refuting.

Why would the White House plant a question that was tougher than any of the other questions being asked that day? Then why would Obama proceed not to answer a question he supposedly knew was coming ahead of time.

Re: Quote Of The Day: Obama’s “Planted Question” And The Huffington Post

HemmD — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:45:08 -0000

your right shannonlee, the number one cause of liberalism in the country are husbands awakening to their gayness. Please back up your attacks with at least a shred of fact. Otherwise, you assertions just sound silly.

I&#39ve read this post and all responses twice. Where exactly is there proof that this was a planted question? If we don&#39t have the smoking gun to prove the allegation, perhaps we just seeing more BS from right wing crackpots and a fading traditional media.

Re: Quote Of The Day: Obama’s “Planted Question” And The Huffington Post

HemmD — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:29:46 -0000

shannonlee
"If the Obama admin was going to plant a question, the HuffPo would be the perfect "media" outlet to use."

Your personal feelings aside concerning the "scarred" Ariana, why would those "facts" about her life be grounds for making her a perfect conduit for a "planted" question? I believe her website has been communicating with Iranians on the streets in Iran, so maybe THP was just a logical place to get a question for that country.

What I don't get is the "planted" part of everybody's criticism. A planted question is one designed by those being asked so that they may make a particular political point, and it's pretty clear there is no good motive for Obama to want this particular question asked. It in fact has a landmine quality to it that I would expect from Fox news.

I'd say there's a 50/50 chance that the Iranian asking the question was an Iranian government agent. Mousavi supporters certainly are not interested under what terms the US would accept Ahmadinejad's election. The ham-fisted supreme council, however, would love to know what it would take to make this all go away.

Huffington is just a simple way to deflect the origin of this question.

Re: Quote Of The Day: Obama’s “Planted Question” And The Huffington Post

shannonlee — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:22:09 -0000

Every time I here the name Huffington, I want to vomit. Her insane brand of liberalism comes from the pain of finding out her conservative husband likes men. She is a scarred woman whose life is now dedicated to revenge. Her website is her main weapon. If the Obama admin was going to plant a question, the HuffPo would be the perfect "media" outlet to use.

Re: Quote Of The Day: Obama’s “Planted Question” And The Huffington Post

casualobserver — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:13:03 -0000

Following in the footsteps of the recent Kattenburg post " Credit where credit is due", I will return the TMV rare partisan concession and credit the HuffPo with a good question (planted or otherwise.)

Agree DaGoat, Obama hardly nailed that response. If it was a plant, it came back and bit them a bit in the ass a bit.

Re: Quote Of The Day: Obama’s “Planted Question” And The Huffington Post

PWT — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:07:03 -0000

The Huffington Post reporter did not "sneak" in, he was escorted in to the "good ol&#39 boys&#39 club" (I know Helen Thomas is ugly but I wouldn&#39t describe her as a man). Arianna Huffington is not a credible source in regard to this matter (I&#39m sure that Monica Lewinsky was sometimes critical of Mr. Clinton but she still blanked his blank...yes the imagery is intentional).

If the White House would have just come out and explained their motivation behind the planted question, something to the effect of, "we just wanted to make sure that we received a question from the Iranian viewpoint and so we enlisted the support of the Huffington Post etc.... Now, they have to take the heat for their actions and the resulting loss of credibility; and so early in Mr. Obama&#39s term too.

Re: Quote Of The Day: Obama’s “Planted Question” And The Huffington Post

DaGoat — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:56:08 -0000

Pitney did a great job covering this issue, deserved to be called on and asked a good question which didn&#39t get answered. The White House is not supposed to be planting questions or reporters though, and likely used Pitney as a prop.

I&#39m not even bothering to click on the Hannity link, who cares, the guy&#39s a kook.

Re: Quote Of The Day: Obama’s “Planted Question” And The Huffington Post

FairTalk — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:55:47 -0000

Planting questions is a problem, but I guess that Obama feels his "transparancy makes it all OK?

This is a concern. I believe the so called "new media" only works when their is freedom to comment on the posts. Why? Because, too many people today, read only that news that agrees with their already made up mind. Unless one can comment, there is no opportunity to offer corrections, or vet the often inacurate info in the post.

Interesting to nore, Al Jareexa English, on Youtube, used to allow, even welcome comments, but now comments are not permitted.

BTW: I have been banned from commenting on Huffington Post. It happened just like a missle attack. One moment I was pressing "post comment" the next min I was informed that I was not allowed to post, then my whole "profiel" was blown off the site, completely! The tryany of the majority rules at HP?

In my opinion the "free press" is under attack, and that makes it difficult for those who wish to live in a democratic society to do so, because they are being robbed of their "mind."

It becomes more and more difficult to personally "vet" MSM. How can anyone believe what is in the media about Iran, today? Change is on the way? I wonder?
http://shoe08.blogspot.com/...

Re: Quote Of The Day: Obama’s “Planted Question” And The Huffington Post

ChrisWWW — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:49:40 -0000

Arianna Huffington says that the HuffPo reporter was merely informed he might be called on to ask a question. They were not told they would definitely be called on, and they weren&#39t told what to ask.

Arianna also went through her site&#39s recent criticism of the Obama administration on everything from the economy to torture.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffingto...

I agree with jchem that this is just the old media (and rags like the Politico) getting mad that someone has sneaked into their good ol&#39 boys club.