WASHINGTON, June 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- According to Fox News,
John McCain misled the voters about the nature of tonight's town hall
meeting. While the event was billed by the McCain campaign as a town hall
with independent and Democratic voters, Fox News noted at the end that the
audience was made up of invited guests and supporters.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080519/DNCLOGO )
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following
statement:
"Once again John McCain's campaign is trying to mislead the American
people. Senator McCain should understand that after seven years of a
President who has divided Americans and pursued a scorched earth policy
full of misleading propaganda campaigns, we need a leader who understands
he is the President for all Americans not just his supporters. Copying the
Bush campaign model of stacking events with his prescreened supporters is
not the transparency Americans are looking for. If that is Senator McCain's
idea of straight talk, the American people are in for a long and
disappointing campaign season."
See the clip here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9979CZ9vII
The following is a transcript of Fox News's clarification:
Shepard Smith: "I reported at the top of this hour that the campaign
had told us at Fox News that the audience would be made up of Republicans,
Democrats, and independents. We have now received a clarification from the
campaign and I feel I should pass it along to you. The McCain campaign
distributed tickets to supporters, Mayor Bloomberg, who of course is a
registered Republican, and other independent groups." [Fox News, 6/12/08]
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