MTV Screens Obama Town Hall Audience for Political Views, Good Looks
- Posted on October 7, 2010 at 10:26pm by
Meredith Jessup
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A planned MTV “town hall” for Obama is being pitched as a way for the president to reach out to young voters with tough questions as the midterm elections draw closer, but a casting call posted for the event suggests it will be a carefully crafted event, complete with hand-picked audience members based on their stated political views and physical attractiveness. 
The casting call requires hopeful youngsters to submit “a recent photo and short description of [their] political views,” in order “to ensure that the audience represents diverse interests and political views.”
Kelly McAndrew, a spokeswoman for Viacom, which owns MTV, told Politico that the screening was aimed at attracting a diverse audience.:
“We’re just trying to get the broadest, most diverse audience possible,” she said, denying that either Republicans or ugly people would be screened out. “We want to have divergent points of view – we’re not looking for a single-view audience.”
“We’re going to have a very diverse looking audience,” McAndrew said. “We want gender diversity, we want ethnicity diversity, we want religious diversity, we want political view diversity. We want diversity of all kinds.” (emphases mine)
It looks like they are going to work really hard to make sure this event is diverse.
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Comments (94)
bclinger
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 11:35pmBoxers or briefs?
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 12:45amCommando.
Report Post »Dddriver
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 11:31pmCome on is anyone really surprised?
Report Post »TelePrompTer on steroids : control the message has been the theme since the beginning.
To hold a real conversation and use your knowledge of the subject to bring about your point of view ;that could be disaster !
NoMarxist
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 11:30pmIf they want to draw a crowd, they should have Joe Biden do a town hall meeting with free rein to crack jokes about everything.. Then have Nanci Pelosi explain how food stamps grow the economy by turning a $1 food stamp into $1.57 investment in America. Better yet, how that $1 food stamp cost $3 taxpayer dollars to produce.
Report Post »Rick300
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 11:25pmI would think that a diverse audience would be a group that can think for themselves instead of being told what to think. The only kids that won’t be represented are the entrepreneurs…they will be too busy making money!
Report Post »stang289
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 11:23pmObama and mtv sucks !
Report Post »kiwi1
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 11:21pmA Diverse Group of USEFUL IDIOTS.
Report Post »free2bme1961
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 11:16pmIn other words, this will be all planned out perfectly…to a “T”? I would expect no different, from those being led blindly by the NWO….a cool POTUS is the best way to influence them.
Report Post »Yes! Reach those young minds, before they are poisoned by the TRUTH!
N37BU6
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 12:43amEngineering your own audience to reflect your fantastical view of society… sad. So much for gauging reality.
2+2=5
Report Post »Mirimichi
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 11:14pmHe is not selling the steak. He is selling the sizzle.
Report Post »therockczar
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 11:09pmNice to see our president using what kids like to indoctrinate them–
Report Post »KL
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 11:06pmThe usual show…..time for the master of the ceremony to appear. “testing,,,,,,1,,2,,3…..start the show”
Report Post »AMERICA4EVER
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 11:04pmKids with a head full of mush.
Report Post »seayalater73
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 11:04pmI suggest we see a review of his speech and respnse to that audience. His entire philosophy rotates on playing to the lowest common denominator, so lets see how thinly he panders to young trust-fund leeches.
Report Post »VRWC Destruction Machine
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 11:01pmThis taking astroturf to a new level. Will the attendees have to go through an audition in front of “American Idol” judges or will their headshots be viewed by Tyra Banks? I guess they’re afraid of having some student ask if he could use Food Stamps at the college cafeteria.
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 10:57pmSince when MTV was interested in politics ? are they changing their name for MTV to PTV ?
Report Post »& how about the Porn sites Mr Obama , don’t you wanna reach to that audience too ? are you gonna activate a webcam or something ?
MrButcher
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 10:55pmwhat do you expect?
Report Post »RichardSaunders
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 10:50pmSo now the media not only wants to make sure President Obama “looks” good, they want the audience to be an effective and attractive backdrop … This is just what you would expect, the media conspiring with the campaign to make sure the “presentation” is most effective. Who cares about the truth? Who cares about the voter being informed on the difficult issues facing the country? Apparently, neither the campaign nor MTV … just make sure it “sells” the President and the campaign to young minds effectively … Not a surprise, maybe a disappointment, but about what would be expected… sigh …
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 10:45pmI hope President Obama makes it clear on MTV that, as a result of the work (and possibly the assassination) of Dr Martin Luther King Jr, ” Blacks won back their equal rights under the law.”
Report Post »Were he to even suggest otherwise, it would be an admission of not only guilt and failure, but regression of “Equal Protection” under the law during President Obama’s own administration and the Democrat controlled Congress.
rmsuperglide
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 10:43pmMaby they will even throw a young white guy,I wont hold my breath!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 10:43pmSo MTV wants to make sure only the most zealous clueless marxist moochers are the backdrop to Hussain’s photo-op .
Report Post »Diversity…thats just another word for various skin tones right ? .
RobertCA
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 10:36pmLady GAGA will get more votes than him .
Report Post »LUDWIKA BRONISLAWA
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 11:38pmLOL! I think she already has.
Report Post »TenStrings
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 2:17amexactly who is this “Lady Gaga” and why should I care?
Report Post »akamaikamaaina
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 10:36pmno there not
Report Post »MissCherryJones
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 10:35pmBy diverse do they mean all liberal pretty people with nary an original thought in their pretty little heads? Because That’s what I see when I flash past MTV hipsters on the telly and the streets. BTW this is the same network that brought to this world Jersey Shore. Just sayin’.
Report Post »LUDWIKA BRONISLAWA
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 10:34pmLOL! I didn’t know MTV audiences HAD diverse interests OR political views. And Mr. Obama, MTV?? REALLY????? Have some ‘respect for the office’ as we’re so often told.
Report Post »rlmeals
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 10:54pmWell, he WAS the first sitting president to ever do late night TV, so….
Report Post »FreedomOfSpeech
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 10:34pmPoliticians have been doing this since rallys were invented. I remember one back in the 80‘s where they wouldn’t let us wear ties because they didn’t want people to look “privileged”. Most politics is just a big show.
Report Post »FreedomOfSpeech
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 12:17amIf he went on BET, would the screening process be the same? Hmmm.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 8:03amPresident Bush even did this when he was Governor! http://wp.me/pYLB7-c2
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 10:34pmIts all just a show. Everything is contrived. He can’t speak without teleprompters and now he insists on a “pretty” audience that will make him look good.
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 10:45pmAgreed. It is about the razzle dazzle. He is banking on the stupid Americans. Well the the real Americans are watching too Barry….I am the TruthTalker.
Report Post »mintyfresh
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 10:53pmuh, you do know that george bush vetted every audience he accepted questions from, right? unlike obama. now, mtv, on the otherhand, is just shallow.
Report Post »LUDWIKA BRONISLAWA
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 11:06pmI think our ‘dear leader’ has found a way to put his picture in every household in America. This picture comes through an electronic box instead of being hung on a wall. OVEREXPOSED. That does seem to be aiding in their downfall however so I say, keep it coming Barack! Show us every little thing you say off prompter and every little inadvertant insult to the people of this country, and every simple question you manage not to answer even after answering it for 19 minutes!
Report Post »M31Sailor
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 11:50pmSThe Conservative from eems that there is going to be 2 teleprompters,, one for Obummer and one for the pretty audience that will march in lock step up to read what the teleprompter dictates they say. Any deviation from said script will mean the immediate expulsion from the food stamp program.
Sailor
Republicans Vote Nov 2nd
Democrats vote Nov 3rd
Report Post »AmericanPatriot01
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 12:11amIm not going to banter any longer, these videos say everything that needs to be said
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcVopcMPfSs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIo5Aucjfbg&NR=1&feature=fvwp
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 12:37am“Diverse”, AKA synthetic.
They are literally afraid of reality… this is very encouraging.
Report Post »Timekeeper
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 1:05amEverything about this man is fake, a lie, or hidden. Everything he does lacks integrity, reality, and sincerity.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 1:28amEvery diverse pervert in town! Good job Mr. Prez. I am glad you are highlighting the losers and useful brainwashed idiots in our society. I am sure we can look at their lives in a few years and see the diverse mental depravity, then we can point it out to our children as a warning…
Report Post »Robert W
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 1:30amMtv biased? Shocking.
Report Post »Joseph8
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 4:24am@AmericanPatriot01
Report Post »The Ron Paul video…i guess i just believe that if Ron Paul was back in the days of the American Revolution, he would’ve been one of the voices opposing war with Great Britain. That keeps me from being a libertarian. i feel that in regards to our country’s safety, as my football coach used to say “the best defense is a good offense”. I also believe there are times we need to step in and help our allies. Sorry libertarians.
grandmaof5
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 5:03amMaybe that’s how to get rid of him. Send him to Hollywood to star in a film and he can continue to rub elbows with all his buddies. It will be the reverse Ronald Reagin. I can see it now, “Take 2010”: “Uh, uh, uh Mr Spock, have we destroyed the planet yet?“ ”Take 2011. Try again to eliminate the uh, uhs”.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 7:57am@ JOSEPH8
Joe, fact is, Ron Paul, while a good man and the best guy out there in office right now, is not fully what you’d call a libertarian. There is nothing wrong, in the libertarian world, with self defense. The notion of “be calm, be peaceful” when somebody is smashing you in the face, does not belong to libertarianism. The Founders didn’t sit down, be quiet and be submissive. They dressed as Injuns and threw tea in the harbor, then took up arms after it became clear that they were being ignored and oppressed. They were, for all intents and purposes, libertarians.
No, there’s no reason to assign pacifism to libertarianism. Though some of the “hippies turned libertarian” tends to want to view things that way, most don’t. I for one believe in the old fashioned American notion of NEVER starting a fight, but ALWAYS finishing one. Lots of my fellow libertarians seem on board with that stand as well. And fact is, the fight is starting now, and we didn’t “hit” first. After November, the Left will go almost immediately to violence I’m betting. No right minded libertarian would choose pacifism if that happens.
Just an FYI.
Report Post »Beckofile
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 9:27amAnyone with a Constitution in their pocket was sent away.
Report Post »GBGB
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 11:22amHmmmm….wonder if they might have been embarrassed by the looks of the “handful” at the 10/2 hate fest? Perhaps they got the message that the rest of us noticed.
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