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ImageCNN just hosted a debate with Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders. One of the audience members who asked a question was reading off of a printed Gmail with the subject line "Your Question". (i.redd.it)

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[–]Batbraj [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

What could this possibly have to do with Wikileaks?

[–]PostNationalism [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

nothing in this sub has to do with wikileaks anymore lol

[–]ghastlyactions [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

This exposes information and hopes you attach meaning to it which isn't there in an attempt to change your political opinion. Like most of WikiLeaks lately.

[–]pcrawford46 [スコア非表示]  (43子コメント)

The people in attendance probably emailed proposed questions. CNN probably emailed back & told people which question they could ask if called on. They probably did this to ensure 20 people didn't ask the same damned question. Yes, it's possible they exercised some editorial control there. Maybe they did. But having a printout of a gmail with the subject line "Your question" isn't suspicious, in my view. Having an actual hand written question would probably raise more questions, since we know that CNN had an interest in making sure the questions weren't repetitive or stupid.

[–]Brotkrumen [スコア非表示]  (10子コメント)

Wanna see what uneditorialized questions from the audience look like? Have a gander

[–]Shaper_pmp [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

I remember watching that when it first happened, and cringing at the thought that future generations would look back at this as a significant historical document on the beginnings of our colonisation of Mars, only to be confronted with the utter drooling fucking idiocy of the audience questions afterwards.

It's like watching the US Declaration of Independence getting signed, and watching seeing some dipshit onlooker draw cocks and graffiti his name all over it.

No wonder Futurama referred to the 20th/21st century as the Stupid Ages.

[–]must_not_forget_pwd [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

This makes me feel a little better about having to sit through some of the really dumb questions that people ask at work during presentations/meetings.

[–]ishkariot [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Ah hell, I had almost forgotten about this and still knew what you were referring to before opening that link.

Fuck, that was such a cringe-a-thon. Poor Elon.

[–]See_i_did [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I feel ashamed just for having watched this and I only made it as far as the burning man ramble. I couldn't even finish the ramble.

Thanks for taking another massive chunk out of my slowly crumbling faith in humanity.

[–]Mithridates12 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Holy shit.

[–]WaitForItTheMongols [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Dude I'm an AeroAstro major and seriously this was the greatest thing to ever happen. It's hilarious to be able to just say "Soooo... I was at Burning Man..." and have everyone groan together.

[–]matholio [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Makes sense, it's a news entertainment show, they will of course want to manage the risk of a shit event.

The same mechanism for guiding an entertainment show could be used to plant favorable questions. Does not mean it happened though.

AMA request a TV debates manager.

[–]irishpete [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

i would be surprised and disappointed if they didnt vet/screen the questions

[–]bad88 [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

apparently T_D thinks they're planted questions (just like the presidential debates) and it amounts to fake news. Just another way to discredit the msm. Sad

[–]Banshee90 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Not like CNN hasn't done enough to discredit themselves. It's not a huge leap of faith.

[–]stuntaneous [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

It could even be an email the audience member sent themselves.

[–]Occasionallyyeah [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Yeah honestly this.

[–]foodcoloringbook [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Thank you for having a logical view on this.

[–]sniktawekim [スコア非表示]  (12子コメント)

There was a clear shill saying what you are saying in a different thread.

Your comment history does not look like a shill's comment history, you seem sincere.

I do think its suspicious, but your scenario isn't necessarily wrong.

CNN has a proven track record of rigging questions in debates and interviews. So I tend to fall on the side of not trusting CNN without further evidence.

[–]wisdomtoot [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

This is precisely the non-conspiratorial interpretation I came in here imagining: If people submit questions to CNN, CNN can choose questions, and maybe re-formulate it for clarity and concision. And email reply their vetted version to the person asking the question.

It would actually make for a decent system; and this seems like a plausible enough explanation to me.

[–]SpoonyJank [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

The type of person that would get a kick out of asking a forced question is the same as the type that would email themselves with a question they came up with, title it accurately, and print it. News can be inherently fake but some dope titled that e-mail. That dope working at CNN wouldn't exactly be a shock either. I would hope that most people might notice the lack of yes or no questions for the last decade or 3. We get the actual opposite of that, if you could even design it. If people had wanted a real answer, they would ask a real question.

[–]SoylentGreyGoo [スコア非表示]  (9子コメント)

You don't have to take either side. It's perfectly fair to say that you don't believe /u/pcrawford46's scenario without more evidence, but that doesn't mean your default position should be some conspiratorial "CNN wrote the questions" scenario either. What /u/pcrawford46 has shown (and, I think, is saying) is that this picture does not constitute evidence of a conspiracy, much less prove one, because it is consistent with a more innocent scenario as well. The best you can say is "I can't be sure what the case is without further evidence."

[–]pcrawford46 [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

What /u/pcrawford46 has shown (and, I think, is saying) is that this picture does not constitute evidence of a conspiracy, much less prove one, because it is consistent with a more innocent scenario as well.

Yep! That's what I'm saying. Believe you me, I don't have a whole lot of faith in CNN's truthiness, not as an organization, and not in any of the individual employees. I'm just sayin' that if there was some sort of fuckery involved, this isn't evidence of it.

[–]bad88 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

if there was some sort of fuckery involved, this isn't evidence of it

tell that to T_D lol

[–]freewayricky12 [スコア非表示]  (6子コメント)

You use the word 'conspiratorial' like there isn't a list of all the times CNN has been caught out lying and fabricating stories just in the past few months at the top of these comments. It isn't a conspiracy theory that CNN lies shamelessly and often.

[–]PostNationalism [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

it's not a conspiracy theory that you and OP are grasping at straws either~

[–]freewayricky12 [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

If my research is subpar why do you repost almost every thread I make on this sub in /r/conspiracyfacts?

[–]PostNationalism [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

because this sub used to deal only in facts and wikileaks; so it was a great source of content for conspiracyfacts

lately i've noticed that it's just clickbaity/generic right-wing content without any connection to wikileaks (or even wikileaks themes) at all

[–]freewayricky12 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

"Writing out the exact contents of a post and the context it occured in is clickbaity and pointing out what might be evidence of another lie from a media outlet that recently had to retract it's baseless accusation of Assange being a pedophile has nothing to do with WikiLeaks."

[–]Shaper_pmp [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

The fact that there are bears in the world does not prove that there is a bear in my bedroom closet right now.

Yes, it makes it remotely plausible that there's a bear in my closet, sure, but you have to shoot for "likely" (or even "probable") before people should reasonably take a conspiracy theory seriously, not just "remotely plausible".

[–]DoLittlest [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Thank you for your cogent and thoughtful analysis, Arkady.

[–]Ferinex [スコア非表示]  (5子コメント)

if the email was a reply to an inquiry from the audience member, it would be "RE My question" or similar, not "your question" which indicates a new email chain originating from someone other than the audience member.

[–]wonkyscavenger [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

It could be an email requesting them to submit their question for review. The thing is, we don't know, it could either be an unfortunate circumstance, or a conspiracy. I believe either is possible... Donna Brazile.

[–]SanguineBlade [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Yeah but it wouldn't have their question in that email then.

[–]oznobz [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Except gmail by default automatically trims RE and FWDs when you email. However, this clearly says "Your Question" and the next line "1 Message" which is how you know its just one message and not a chain.

[–]DeviantKhan [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

There can be no other explanation than those that support my personal views. /s

[–]captnyoss [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

This is literally what happened when I was on a similar show.

[–]nopantts [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

As much as I hate CNN I email my self shit with dumb titles like this all the time. No idea what the issue is.

[–]TheKrud [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Yup. This. They gotta make sure you don't go full retard on air, so all questions are vetted. The email will also have contained a disclaimer exempting the broadcaster from any liability for any deviation from the vetted question, or the questioner's presentation when presenting the question. For convenience, they will even print it out for you - often with helpful hints on how best to compose yourself, etc.

Not news, really. And hardly a conspiracy. Just common practice.

[–]Chester2707 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Yeah. I first saw this posted by t_d, and thought "well shit. Let's see what they 'found'" Surprise! Nothing interesting.

[–]bob-leblaw [スコア非表示]  (15子コメント)

Even when you call a radio station they ask what your point will be before letting you on air. Something like this, I'm sure they don't just let random people ask any question live on the air without prior vetting. Don't you think they had to send their potential questions in to be approved by CNN first? And wouldn't CNN then reply to them what questions would be appropriate? Politics aside, wouldn't that make sense?

[–]rayzon2 [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

You should watch cspan, i dont believe they vet them before they ask a question. Its hilarious.

[–]Simplicity3245 [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

More authentic. It is hilarious at times.

[–]pcrawford46 [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Oh, I love those. There are a bunch on youtube. This would certainly make CNN a lot more interesting.

[–]Snuhmeh [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Sometimes hilarious, sometimes insightful, mostly horrible callers with no clue and no job.

[–]Thejosh209 [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Is it feasible that they may have reconstructed the person's question to beore suitable for television? Grammar, Vocabulary etc...

[–]XDforlife [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

definitely. which is probably what happened

although, if you stray from the email, cnn may lose the satellite feed

[–]raspberry_smoothie [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Guys guys, you are going overboard here, Obviously CNN have people submit their questions beforehand so they can be screened for crazy people. Otherwise you would have people asking bernie sanders how many babies he killed this morning or some other bullshit like that. What likely happened here, was the audience member wanted to remember the exact question they submitted so they just printed out the email where CNN sent back their confirmed question.

[–]freewayricky12 [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

CNN caught telling focus group what to say live on air after Debates

CNN cuts congressman's feed when he brings up WikiLeaks

CNN employee and now DNC's Donna Brazille provided debate questions to Hillary Clinton prior to debate

CNN says it's ILLEGAL for you to read the Wikileaks/Hillary Clinton emails

Podesta emails: CNNs Wolf Blitzer gets his questions for Trump directly from the DNC

and the most disgusting for last: CNN guest calls Assange a pedophile without any evidence or challenge from the host

More examples of media corruption: DNC and Podesta emails: Compilation of emails outlining the DNC-MSM collusion as well as the DNC plot to subvert the Sanders campaign (from /r/DNCleaks)

[–]BigFrenk [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

Source of the video please

[–]DoLittlest [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

No one cares.

[–]TheTurtler31 [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Wtf why can't CNN get anything right? Just let the people ask their own damn questions and stop trying to script Town Hall debates ffs

[–]MaleficentSoul [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

That's not how you push an agenda, like at all

[–]Lego_Nabii [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I've seen this is three subs at least now and yet no one says what her question actually was? What was it? Who was it asked to?

[–]i_like_yoghurt [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

This has nothing to do with Wikileaks. It's not even journalism.

Why don't you actually ask CNN for comment before jumping on the conspiracy bandwagon?

[–]somestonedguy [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

This lacks a lot of context.

'Your Question' could of been the title to an email which was sent to him regarding the question he wanted to ask, or an amendment to the question

[–]Lissarie [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I watched and found the audience to be more anti-ACA than pro

[–]Ras1111 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Are u fuckinf retarded?

[–]xoites [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Only people with high security clearance can access GMAIL.

[–]GlueGuns--Cool [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

This is not a conspiracy or an interesting "leak". Of course news orgs manage the questions.

[–]nominally [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I email myself notes all the time.

[–]SplitNds [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

How do you know who the question is from?

[–]black_rage_hotdogs [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Did the chin get a question with the same subject line? I think you are on to something

[–]droolmonkey5 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I feel like SNL last week perfectly encapsulates how CNN feels right now. Locked in a cage, wearing a diaper screaming "were not fake news!!!"

[–]eloc49 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

SHES A WIIIITCH!

[–]PissingOnTrump [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Push that agenda, Trumpets.

[–]Milkman127 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Thanks for the reminder I wanted to see this.

is r/wikileaks upset about this? do they not know how TV works?

[–]Fgge [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Jesus fucking Christ. This is how it works on every single format of entertainment ever. This post is embarrassing.

[–]Dizzymo [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

I've emailed things to myself to print out later, could just be that

[–]TheSilentHedges [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

You'd title the email "my question" in that case, not "your question".

There could be many valid explanations for this, but we've got a "boy who cried wolf" scenario here.

[–]Faryshta [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

"sweetie, can you check the grammar for me and send it to my email?"

[–]Private-WittNew User [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Precisely my thoughts.

[–]bikepsycho [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Confirmologist here. Possibility confirmed.

Who cares if she emailed herself 'your question' instead of 'my question'; i think it's kinda weird if they emailed her with 'your question' as the title but whatever.

[–]zelex [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

They have learned nothing.

[–]kaizervonmaanen [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Oh! That explains that picture... I have seen lots of people go "This woman's chest is why CNN is fake news" and I have just been "????" until now. NOW I get it.

[–]armegeta13 [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Just let the people ask any question live on air after Debates.

[–]NBVictory [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Still wouldn't work. "Mr. Cruz, why are you a child molestor you sick fuck?"

No television show is gonna air that and if you honestly want a look at uncensored questions, look at CSPAN when they take viewer calls. It's a shit show. People rambling on off topic and just spouting partisan bullshit cause they're uncensored on the air. I mean you can start a media network and have people ask any question they want but no major established media is.

[–]QSector [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I was a little worried when I could only see the top of the photo. Looks like a large, black vibrator about to go to work.

[–]tritter211 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

One of my friends went to one of these debates during the primaries and the organizers encouraged people to prepare questions beforehand.

Like it or not, if you are not full on politically engaged, its very difficult for a lay person to ask sensible political questions on the moment.

Hell, I have been to many celebrity AMA's within one hour, and struggle to ask questions so I can't imagine how I would perform if cameras are everywhere on the room.

I am going to take a guess and say she prepared some of these questions by asking people around in her social circle.