Monday, November 26, 2007

Hardly Undecided


Much has been made about the debates, from the planting of questions to the decision by both sides not to attend certain debates. But what about the actions of the press? This next video demonstrates the large concern most Americans have at the way information is offered to them. Americans have grown to mistrust many politicians, in large part thanks to the press. The media has played the role of “willing accomplices” in the presentation of misinformation.



As this video demonstrates, these audience members were active participants in the Democratic Party. Even more alarming was how far CNN went to filter questions that could be asked:

Diamonds, Pearls or Nuclear Waste

All of this came on the heels of the previously reported "planted question" directed at a Clinton event:



Integrity is not subjective. Unlike art, the truth should never be “in the eye of the beholder.” It is events like these that make the debates irrelevant, which is too bad. Debates should be an opportunity to find out what our next President is made of, but instead we are served up “Youtube” ready, canned answers; or worse, censored or planted questions. CNN should have never referred to any of these audience members as "Undecided," when many of them had clear affiliations with organizations, PAC's, or movements that have declared their support already for one of the candidates on the stage.

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