C-SPAN at the NH Democratic Fundraiser
Watching what I assume is a repeat of last night, and C-SPAN person in purple coat is interviewing various supporters. A couple of things I noticed.
First person I heard her talk to was a young woman who basically right out the gate when asked what drew her out was 'the gender card' and mentioned that her friends were even more involved than she was. So one for Hillary.
Next one up was a mother from NYC who'd driven over with her daughter and son, who both looked around 5 or 6 at a guess, said she'd driven over because she and her daughter were big Hillary fans, and wanted to do everything they could to make her win. She gave a reply that sounded like she'd given it many times before, probably going door to door for Hillary, hitting the whole checklist of Hillary world cloud positive adjectives - competent, experienced, etc. before getting around to 'woman' then staying on getting a woman into the White House for several sentences.
Reporter asked the son if he had a candidate, he went Bernie, asked why, he gave the kind of disjointed answer you might expect from a 6 year old, 'he'll help us raise taxes and with healthcare'. Then she asked the daughter why she wanted Hillary. Daughter answered, and then I had a double take. Instead of just taking her answer as she had with the son, the reporter asked her why she thought whatever it was she answered. And when the maybe 5 year old girl replied to that, she said 'And you believe her?'
WTH? First off, asking that chain of questions to anyone as a supposedly neutral journalist is out of line, unless you're asking supporters of both candidates the same thing. But of a child, no less? You're going to insinuate to a 5 year old that her chosen candidate is lying to her?
Reporter then spoke with a couple more Bernie fans and another Hillary fan, but it was the one with the kids that struck me as pretty unprofessional.
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