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BUSTED—CNN CAUGHT FEEDING ANSWERS TO FOCUS GROUP: America’s already great.
CNN Pollster Pamela Brown was caught on a hot mic coaching and rehearsing with the focus group on what to say, praising the Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
“America is great, because we are good,” Brown whispered to the focus group, as she made instructing hand gestures.
She then realized that she was back on air.
“What was it about Hillary Clinton’s argument that resonated with you, following Donald Trump’s defense of the video?” the pollster asked.
“She stated that America is already great,” the participant said, using the Brown’s rehearsed line.
There have presently been 3 accounts of this incident from separate sources.
And then there’s the truth.
As noted by The Daily Caller News Foundation:
Update: A source at CNN told TheDCNF Monday morning Brown was prompting the focus group member about what video was being shown, so that she could react to it.
Bill Clarkin, a member of the focus group, also contacted TheDCNF and denied any coaching occurred.
“There was no coaching,” Clarkin said. “Pamela Brown was repeating the comment made by Hillary to us because we could not watch the live feed.”
Update #2: CNN provided an official statement from a spokesperson saying it was “absurd” to suggest the focus group had been coached.
“The focus group was not able to hear or see the post-debate segment,” the statement says. “Brown described the segment in real time so they would know what was being discussed. It’s absurd to think she was coaching the focus group in anyway.”