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restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 04:56 PM Mar 2016

VIDEO of msnbc giving clinton spokesperson heads up on questions to come...ooops

you can bitch about the free beacon all you want, but video is video


MSNBC had an awkward moment while trying to conduct a post-debate interview Sunday night, as reporter Kristen Welker appeared not to know she was live and told a Hillary Clinton aide what she would be asking her during their segment.

She then interrupted the guest, Jen Palmieri, when she heard a delayed prompt from the studio.

Ari Melber threw to Welker to speak with Palmieri, a flack for Hillary Clinton, but Welker was in mid-conversation with Palmieri and was telling her she would ask a question about Flint, Michigan, the site of Sunday night’s debate, because of the water crisis there.

“And I’m going to ask you about Flint,” Welker said.

“Kristen, go ahead, you’re live,” Melber said. “You know, we have Kristen Welker. We’re looking at her. She couldn’t quite hear me before. Can you hear me now? If you can, go ahead.”

Welker appeared to be receiving a delayed signal. Finally, she began the interview.

http://freebeacon.com/politics/msnbc-reporter-no-idea-shes-live-post-debate-interview/


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VIDEO of msnbc giving clinton spokesperson heads up on questions to come...ooops (Original Post) restorefreedom Mar 2016 OP
Collusion between the Clinton campaign and the media NWCorona Mar 2016 #1
That's what her entire campaign is based on, deceit, lies and smears. nc4bo Mar 2016 #2
But don't worry, she'll make America Whole again. / FlatBaroque Mar 2016 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #11
Maybe it's "whole" as in "hole" Art_from_Ark Mar 2016 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #16
I found the video Art_from_Ark Mar 2016 #17
I don't think this is a big deal DebDoo Mar 2016 #3
Add that to Hillary's statement ... Optimism Mar 2016 #4
That!! I saw that as a set-up to make Bernie an "other". It was just a little too bizarre to be jillan Mar 2016 #8
And Bernie is... A Jew!!!! longship Mar 2016 #12
This not even a big deal Gwhittey Mar 2016 #5
I would expect that happens all the time in interviews Matariki Mar 2016 #6
That's pretty standard in my experience. DefenseLawyer Mar 2016 #9
"post-debate interview" hack89 Mar 2016 #10
This is pretty normal Mufaddal Mar 2016 #13
Based on her answer, it appeared that Hillary attended the church of the woman who asked the JDPriestly Mar 2016 #14
I'm all for exposing the media bias, but this heads-up seems normal to me - eom dreamnightwind Mar 2016 #18
Set up, like a bowling pin. Octafish Mar 2016 #19
Look, this is a media interview - not a pop quiz Matariki Mar 2016 #20
And yet...40 recs. auntpurl Mar 2016 #21
I would think this is common... cyberswede Mar 2016 #22
The taint. If Clinton wins, no good will become of her. dinkytron Mar 2016 #23

NWCorona

(8,541 posts)
1. Collusion between the Clinton campaign and the media
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 05:10 PM
Mar 2016

Has been proven multiple times but people will only attack your link.

Response to FlatBaroque (Reply #7)

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
15. Maybe it's "whole" as in "hole"
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 08:09 PM
Mar 2016

(Will Rogers, speaking as Calvin Coolidge): "I am proud to report, that the country as a whole is prosperous. I don't mean by that, that the whole country is prosperous, but as a hole, it is prosperous. Now a hole is not supposed to be prosperous, and we are certainly in a hole.”

Response to Art_from_Ark (Reply #15)

DebDoo

(319 posts)
3. I don't think this is a big deal
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 05:18 PM
Mar 2016

people usually know what they're going to be talking about before they give an interview on tv.

Optimism

(142 posts)
4. Add that to Hillary's statement ...
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 05:24 PM
Mar 2016

... about going to that last questioner's same Church, in that ridiculous question on Religion. (Who knew?)

Aside from the PLANT aspects, isn't there supposed to be something about separation of church and state in this country?

jillan

(39,451 posts)
8. That!! I saw that as a set-up to make Bernie an "other". It was just a little too bizarre to be
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 05:45 PM
Mar 2016

anything else.

The Clintons loved to paint Obama as the other during 2008.

longship

(40,416 posts)
12. And Bernie is... A Jew!!!!
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 08:02 PM
Mar 2016

That does not align with Hillary's C Street allies.



After all, this is a Christian nation, as they relentlessly remind us.

Anybody who aligns themselves with "The Family" is no friend of mine. And anybody who would mix religion and politics is my enemy.

I do not mind religious people in office. However, I reject people who think that to hold office means that they have some religious authority. And it is always authority with them, from above.

The more a candidate declares that, the less I will support them.

And " The Family" is a non-starter.
 

Gwhittey

(1,377 posts)
5. This not even a big deal
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 05:28 PM
Mar 2016

anymore because if they don't see how the media is spinning it now they never will.

 

DefenseLawyer

(11,101 posts)
9. That's pretty standard in my experience.
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 05:45 PM
Mar 2016

Granted I've only been interviewed on local news, but I've never done an interview where they didn't tell me basically what they were going to ask before they rolled the camera. It's not like she was sitting down with Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes.

hack89

(39,171 posts)
10. "post-debate interview"
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 05:52 PM
Mar 2016

why wouldn't a reporter tell someone what questions they would ask? Wouldn't it make for a better interview?

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
14. Based on her answer, it appeared that Hillary attended the church of the woman who asked the
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 08:06 PM
Mar 2016

religious questions during the debate.

Candidates and questioners should disclose such "coincidences" before asking or answering questions whenever possible in my opinion.

Otherwise, it looks like collusion. May not be, but that is how it appears to a completely objective viewer.

We'd like to know before an answer is given who knows whom because out her in nobody-important-land, we want to know who is really speaking and what the background relationships between the speakers are.

We also like to know what companies experts on TV are associated with. What causes, what interests?

It's kind of troubling and confusing to hear an answer to a question like the answer Hillary gave about prayer.

And what is more, the Constitution specifically bars applying a religious test for offices, so why do religious questions arise so often in the debates and interviews????? What relevance do religious answers have if we are, under the Constitution, not supposed to consider a person's religion when voting???

I'd like some answers to these questions. Thank you.

This is not concerning any particular candidate. In fact, these kinds of unmentioned relationships with businesses, churches, etc. should be revealed in any television interview.

Why not? If the relationship could be relevant and is not religious, why not? It would help viewers to understand what is being said and why.

Matariki

(18,775 posts)
20. Look, this is a media interview - not a pop quiz
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 03:52 PM
Mar 2016

I'm saying this as a Sanders supporter - you're making something out of nothing

cyberswede

(26,117 posts)
22. I would think this is common...
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 03:54 PM
Mar 2016

they don't want someone fumbling around trying to think of a response on live tv. A heads up regarding the question seems like an acceptable idea.

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