Places, everyone, places! MT @ErikWemple CNN deployed stage director to whip up crowd at Hillary townhall interview: http://t.co/2jGOYIBwGQ
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) June 20, 2014
At a CNN town hall meeting with Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, the cable net used a stage director to pump up the audience for the possible 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, according to Erik Wemple at the Washington Post:
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 hall’s television optics. Approximately 15 minutes before the show, the producer ran the audience through a practice round of applause and noise-making.
Surprising? No, not very:
@ErikWemple @FreeBeacon Doesn't surprise me at all!
— WillieMays24 (@willie_mays24) June 20, 2014
@michellemalkin @ErikWemple You mean @CNN who named Far-Left David Chalian their Director of Politics?
I'm shocked!— Ed Shahzade (@Ed) June 20, 2014
@michellemalkin On with the show, this is it… https://t.co/Y0i31kNmQw
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) June 20, 2014
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@michellemalkin @ErikWemple Pretty safe bet that the audience was packed with people who didn't need much whipping.
— (((RichardGCombs))) (@rgcombs) June 20, 2014
@ErikWemple Gee didn't someone object to that kind of encouragement? http://t.co/EJ0lBM4TJa
— Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) June 20, 2014
“@ErikWemple: CNN deployed stage director to whip up crowd at Hillary Clinton town hall interview: http://t.co/sNpI6XHDqs”
'Wag the dog'
— Tim (@Krommsan) June 20, 2014
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