Shooting Survivor: CNN Gave Me "Scripted Question", Denied my Question about Armed Guards

[szechuan]

More of the story ...
FL Shooting Survivor Colton Haab: CNN Told Me I Needed To "Stick To The Script"; Entire Town Hall Scripted

COLTON HAAB: So what had happened was four days ago I had gotten contacted by a lady named [State of the Union executive producer] Carrie Stevenson from CNN. She had asked me originally to just write a speech. It was going to be at the town hall at the BB&T Center [in Sunrise, Florida]. So I agreed. I felt like it would be the right thing to do. Be able to go speak my part as well as open eyes to a few things that I thought that can make this situation a little better. From there, three days ago, so the next day after that I had gotten an email back from her and she asked for more of questions rather than a speech. Which I was totally fine with so I wrote a little less of a speech and more of questions that I wanted to ask at the town hall. The day after that it was more of just questions. She asked for just questions that I would like to ask.

So, I gave her my questions and then yesterday, at about 5:15, I made contact with her. And she had asked if I had just asked her one question. So what they had actually done was wrote out a question for me because in my interview with CNN, I had talked about arming the teachers, if they were willing to arm themselves in the school to carry on campus. And they had -- she had taken that of what I had briefed on and actually wrote that question out for me. So I have that question here if you would like me to ask it for you.​

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"I just want to make sure I have this straight. So you sent them a long, in effect essay on what you thought but they put their own words in the question and they weren't the same as the words you had sent in? They were the producer's words?" Carlson asked.

"Absolutely," Haab answered. "They had taken what I had wrote and what I had briefed on and talked about and they actually wrote the question for me."
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"So if CNN was willing to re-word your question, put their own words in your mouth, and as you said you didn't want to go along with that, do you think they did that to other people last night?" Carlson asked.

"Absolutely, from what I did see, I seen a couple people that had asked questions before I did leave my house. And it was a little piece of paper cut out. And I know for a fact that nobody cut their own paper out and wrote their own question.​

Interesting note on the Bottom

There is absolutely no truth to this. CNN did not provide or script questions for anyone in last night's town hall, nor have we ever. After seeing an interview with Colton Haab, we invited him to participate in our town hall along with other students and administrators from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Colton’s father withdrew his name from participation before the forum began, which we regretted but respected. We welcome Colton to join us on CNN today to discuss his views on school safety.

 

[NightHawkeye]

Interesting note on the Bottom

One thinks that CNN gave this ROTC hero more visibility and a much larger audience for his perspective ... than if they had let him ask his question.

Funny how that works.

 

[szechuan]

than if they had let him ask his question.

What questions did he have again?

 

[NightHawkeye]

What questions did he have again?

One can find the answer if one reads the article referenced in the OP.

 

[szechuan]

One can find the answer if one reads the article referenced in the OP.

I didn't see any questions or answers about Gun Control.

 

[Hank77]

From the "News is only what we say it is", files: Shooting Survivor: CNN Gave Me "Scripted Question" After Denying Question About Armed Guards

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Colton Haab said he was approached by CNN to ask a question at Wednesday night's town hall but decided not to after the network gave him a "scripted question," quashing one he wrote himself. Haab, a member of the Junior ROTC shielded students while the school was under attack from the shooter, said he was going to ask about using veterans as armed security guards.​

What do you make of this, copies of original emails and of one that was doctored?
If the originals are real, Colton's question was his own and it certainly wasn't for gun control.

The change leaves out the important context from the original email, which included “that he submitted,” making clear that the question came from Colton.
https://www.mediaite.com/online/cnn...mily-and-cnn-shopped-around-to-media-outlets/

 

[Hank77]

What questions did he have again?

He had several if you look at the email above but the one he agreed to ask wasn't for gun control, it's hi lited in the emails above. IF the emails are the true originals. If they aren't then this media site could be sued so I Think they are probably the original emails.

 

[szechuan]

Colton Haab got confused.

FACT CHECK: Did CNN Give a Parkland Shooting Survivor Scripted Questions?

 

[USincognito]

Colton Haab got confused.

FACT CHECK: Did CNN Give a Parkland Shooting Survivor Scripted Questions?

Reading the whole story, rather than the dishonest propaganda from Hannity, etc. it seemed like Colton and his dad had an agenda.

 

[Hank77]

Colton Haab got confused.

FACT CHECK: Did CNN Give a Parkland Shooting Survivor Scripted Questions?

Well that agrees with the photo copies of the emails that I linked to in post #26.

 

[Rion]

Reading the whole story, rather than the dishonest propaganda from Hannity, etc. it seemed like Colton and his dad had an agenda.

Yep. Unfortunately, the channel that they were claims against is known for being dishonest propaganda as well, and so people believed the kid.

 

[NightHawkeye]

What do you make of this, copies of original emails and of one that was doctored?

It raises the question of who doctored which email.

It looks to me like CNN told Colton that the REWRITTEN question was his original. Colton didn't fall for the Jedi mind trick since he could clearly see that CNN had more than doubled the number of words in his question and "scripted" it out for him.

Whether Colton deleted CNN's self-serving sentence when providing it for review, or whether Fox News did, since apparently Fox News also had a copy of the longer version of the email, doesn't negate Colton's version of events.

Colton was upset by CNN scripting the event. The emails make it pretty clear that CNN did, in fact, script the event. The questions were carefully selected. The questions were carefully re-written. The questions were carefully asked in a scripted order.

If the originals are real, Colton's question was his own and it certainly wasn't for gun control.

The change leaves out the important context from the original email, which included “that he submitted,” making clear that the question came from Colton.
https://www.mediaite.com/online/cnn...mily-and-cnn-shopped-around-to-media-outlets/

... and that's where CNN is pulling the old Jedi mind trick. Just count the number of words. CNN scripted what they wanted Colton to say. While that script included one of Colton's original questions, it removed most of them but inserted CNN's own script ... which appeared to be about Colton's experience, but was nothing he had written.

 

[iluvatar5150]

It raises the question of who doctored which email.

It looks to me like CNN told Colton that the REWRITTEN question was his original. Colton didn't fall for the Jedi mind trick since he could clearly see that CNN had more than doubled the number of words in his question and "scripted" it out for him.

Whether Colton deleted CNN's self-serving sentence when providing it for review, or whether Fox News did, since apparently Fox News also had a copy of the longer version of the email, doesn't negate Colton's version of events.

Colton was upset by CNN scripting the event. The emails make it pretty clear that CNN did, in fact, script the event. The questions were carefully selected. The questions were carefully re-written. The questions were carefully asked in a scripted order.

... and that's where CNN is pulling the old Jedi mind trick. Just count the number of words. CNN scripted what they wanted Colton to say. While that script included one of Colton's original questions, it removed most of them but inserted CNN's own script ... which appeared to be about Colton's experience, but was nothing he had written.

Welcome to television. Everything in tv is scripted. Virtually nothing is truly ad-libbed. That's not sinister or nefarious; it's just the nature of the medium. (IMO, that's one of its weaknesses, but I digress) If you want to put something on tv and 1.) have it be interesting to watch and not agonizingly slow and 2.) have it fit into pre-defined formats suitable to advertisers, then you have to script it or at least have it be heavily choreographed. There can be some room for flexibility, but not a lot.

This is part of why even bad tv is typically better produced than even the more popular youtube channels: tv people do a much better job of speaking quickly and keeping things moving through transitions, while the youtubers drag stuff out.

Colton wanted to get on tv and give a soliloquy, but CNN wanted something that fit into their neat package. If he wants to give a long-form speech, he should call CSPAN.

 

[NightHawkeye]

Welcome to television. Everything in tv is scripted. Virtually nothing is truly ad-libbed. That's not sinister or nefarious; it's just the nature of the medium. (IMO, that's one of its weaknesses, but I digress) If you want to put something on tv and 1.) have it be interesting to watch and not agonizingly slow and 2.) have it fit into pre-defined formats suitable to advertisers, then you have to script it or at least have it be heavily choreographed. There can be some room for flexibility, but not a lot.

This is part of why even bad tv is typically better produced than even the more popular youtube channels: tv people do a much better job of speaking quickly and keeping things moving through transitions, while the youtubers drag stuff out.

Colton wanted to get on tv and give a soliloquy, but CNN wanted something that fit into their neat package. If he wants to give a long-form speech, he should call CSPAN.

Then, why didn't CNN just say that?

Instead, they denied scripting the Town Hall ... which CNN obviously did do.


[It's a rhetorical question. We all know why CNN outright LIED about scripting the Town Hall. They don't want people to realize that's what they do. In truth, at this point they've done it so long they may not even acknowledge it to themselves.]

 

[Kentonio]

Then, why didn't CNN just say that?

Instead, they denied scripting the Town Hall ... which CNN obviously did do.


[It's a rhetorical question. We all know why CNN outright LIED about scripting the Town Hall. They don't want people to realize that's what they do. In truth, at this point they've done it so long they may not even acknowledge it to themselves.]

Oh give over. It was the kids own question that they just made sure was in a concise format. This is a complete nothing-burger.

 

[NightHawkeye]

Oh give over. It was the kids own question that they just made sure was in a concise format. This is a complete nothing-burger.

Then ... why did CNN deny SCRIPTING the Townhall?

 

[szechuan]

Then ... why did CNN deny SCRIPTING the Townhall?

Define Scripting.

 

[Aldebaran]

Speaking of audience did anybody hear people in the audience calling Dana Loesch a murderer?

Isn't it amazing how Dana Loesch, the NRA and their supporters are murderers, and yet it's pretty obvious who the real murderer is, and yet the Left doesn't seem to be interested in him. His name is Nicholas Cruz. Yet all we hear about is Dana Loesch, Wayne LaPierre, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, etc.

Perhaps it's easier to deflect blame from actual murderers to political opponents.

 

[iluvatar5150]

Then, why didn't CNN just say that?

Because that wasn't the accusation. The accusation was that they wrote the question for him, which they didn't do.

Instead, they denied scripting the Town Hall ... which CNN obviously did do.

[It's a rhetorical question. We all know why CNN outright LIED about scripting the Town Hall. They don't want people to realize that's what they do. In truth, at this point they've done it so long they may not even acknowledge it to themselves.]

That's rich.

 

[Gigimo]

They don't want people to realize that's what they do. In truth, at this point they've done it so long they may not even acknowledge it to themselves.]

They've been doing that since the first Gulf War.