Trump tweets on student who claims CNN wrote scripted question, CNN disputes claim

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico



By REBECCA MORIN 02/22/2018 10:37 PM EST

President Donald Trump bashed CNN in a tweet Thursday after he appeared to see a report that the network allegedly tried to get a student to read a scripted question at a town hall on gun violence. The cable news channel rejected Trump's assertion.

“School shooting survivor says he quit @CNN Town Hall after refusing scripted question.” @TuckerCarlson. Just like so much of CNN, Fake News. That’s why their ratings are so bad! MSNBC may be worse," the president wrote online.

Colton Haab, a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — the Florida school where 17 people where shot and killed last week, early Thursday morning claimed that CNN wrote a scripted question to ask at a town hall the network hosted where students, parents and teachers could ask questions to lawmakers, in addition to an NRA spokeswoman.

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CNN responded to Trump's tweet saying: "There is absolutely no truth to this story — and we can prove that. CNN did not provide or script questions for anyone in last night's town hall, nor have we ever. Those are the facts. #FactsFirst"

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/22/cnn-trump-guns-town-hall-scripted-question-dispute-422727?lo=ap_b1

[emulatorloo]

1. Dunno, I think Trumps ratings are worse

How Does Trump Stack Up Against the Best — and Worst — Presidents?
By BRANDON ROTTINGHAUS and JUSTIN S. VAUGHN FEB. 19, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/19/opinion/how-does-trump-stack-up-against-the-best-and-worst-presidents.html

Trump is in the bottom ten for both Republicans and Democratic scholars.

Dems have Trump at number 44. Republicans have him at 40

He should probably shut up about ratings

[BigmanPigman]

2. Once again, he gets his news and political

advice from Fux Ruse. Fux Ruse is the real president and the Moron is their puppet as much as he is Putin's puppet.

[knightmaar]

3. I'd really like to see this email exchange

It sounds like he submitted an essay and CNN said: "You need some questions in there. That's the format"

Then he submitted some essay/question thing and they edited it, probably cleaned it up for him.

Did they actually change his idea, though? Did his question change from "What do you think of giving all the teachers guns?" to something else?

[forgotmylogin]

4. Remember when they floated the idea

of televising the 45 Presidency as some uber-version of THE APPRENTICE?

I'm almost sad we didn't get that now, it would certainly be dramatic with all the subterfuge they try to pull!

[Behind the Aegis]

5. Says the man who actually got caught HOLDING a script!

[area51]

6. +1 n/t

[uponit7771]

7. +1