07.02.2009 10:43 am
What do staged questions say about Obama’s health care plan?
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
With public and congressional support dwindling for the proposed health care plan, President Obama held a town hall forum in Virginia Wednesday to gain support. It might have had the opposite effect.
According to Fox News, there has been criticism that the questions asked at the forum were staged and asked by individuals who were members of groups that supported his health care plan. The article also cited reporters who said that the forum was an attempt to control the media.
“I’m amazed at you people who call for openness and transparency,” said veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas at a White…
