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What does Reid mean by "clown question" remark?
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:38 am
by Digit
The reporter in
this video seems to be asking a legitimate question that does not, to me, seem to be a blatantly loaded "gotcha" question. Why does Reid dodge it? Is the message between the lines "of course I support this," "of course I don't," or something else?
Re: What does Reid mean by "clown question" remark?
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 6:29 pm
by Tao
Watch it again, there's an obvious edit immediately before the response. Without raw footage, we have no idea what question was being called a "clown question". It may well have been that particular one (edit removing pause or unrelated outburst or some sort), or it could have been a completely different question. Without raw, it is left as an exercise of the viewer's assumptions as to CNN's reasons for editing.