Comments on: Do Campaigns Routinely Plant Questions?

Hillary Clinton Is Under Fire, But Some Observers Say Scripting Questions Is Common

[donbl1]

Bush does face tough questions when he has a White House press conference. There might be questions planted there but the ridicule from the other reporters would be overwhelming and vicious.

The Clintons "just lie so easily". They always have.

This is really an example of a character flaw with Hillary. If she had said, "yes, it is part of our marketing plan to get the word out" the bruhaha would have been less. She just has trouble with the truth.

[notblue]

Hillary''s campaign does! Whether hers is the only one is speculation, she is the only caught so far.

Love the CBS headline! Who''s side is CBS on?? LOL!
If a republican had made that mistake the headline would have been VERY different!

[killtheliars]

I am not a Hillary fan but it is true they all do this. The Bush administration has not faced any tough questioning, everything is scripted before hand. There should be a disclaimer telling people that questions were screened or planted in any debate or speech made by any candidate or office holder including the president

[tcoleman12]

Didn''t FEMA get thrown under the bus recently for faking a press conference and doing basically the same thing? Weren''t they just "trying to get the answers out that they wanted?"
Everyone saw how Hillary fumbled when asked a question on the illegal IDs. What chance could she take of an audience member asking a tough question at any appearance?

[timinphx]

Typical leftist press playing protector for their girl Hillary.

When a Dem gets caught doing something, one of the things the press will always do is trot out the old "everybody does it" defense. Typical of a press wholly owned by the DNC.

[howcould]

"Some questions take investigating the subject. Lets get real."

Or else what? They''ll be held accountable to their words?

[howcould]

If scripting questions is common, then what the hell the democrats complaining about Bush only letting in select people at his campaign speeches? Two-party system = double standard.

[mistered9]

Planting questions I'' sure is done by all. Bush has done it for six years as well as stocing with only his backers.
There''s no way anyone could come up with answers in a split second if they didn''t know the question. Some questions take investigating the subject. Lets get real.

[traditionalj]

This should come as no surprise. So much of what politicians do is scripted.