Helen Thomas and Chip Reid of CBS was among the critics who slammed President Obama for prepackaging a town hall meeting yesterday, reports CBS News .
the one-hour discussion on health insurance reform took place in the northern Virginia and included seven questions from the audience live, Twitter and YouTube
with a tearful 53, a woman who does not know how to get coverage for her cancer the others called all had close ties with the Obama administration :. international Union service employees, health care for America now, and Organizing for America, part of the Democratic National Committee. officials white House said that it was a coincidence.
Even if a question from Republican Rep. Michael C. Burgess, who challenged Obama for supporting caps on medical malpractice awards, the issue was far and large Softballs. Moreover, a meeting of the Town Hall is not a press conference, and are not bound by the same standards of transparency.
Regardless, during a daily briefing with the spokesman of the White House Robert Gibbs, Thomas Reid and torn in Gibbs, accusing him of prepackaging the event and try to control the media.
local public meetings have long been a trademark of Obama's communications strategy and it is clear that they rely on public pressure to help push legislation for health care reform by the bias. At the meeting yesterday, the President said, 8220; To get there, I'm going to need ordinary Americans to stand up and say now is the time. "
intelligent campaign deception or contrary to ethics? Judge for yourself.
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