Shooting Survivor: CNN Gave Me ‘Scripted Question’ After Denying Question About Armed Guards

‘CNN had originally asked me to write a speech and questions and it ended up being all scripted’

Shooting Survivor: CNN Gave Me "Scripted Question" After Denying Question About Armed Guards (RealClearPolitics

 

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Colton Haab said he was approached by CNN to ask a question at Wednesday night's town hall but decided not to after the network gave him a "scripted question," quashing one he wrote himself. Haab, a member of the Junior ROTC shielded students while the school was under attack from the shooter, said he was going to ask about using veterans as armed security guards. 

"CNN had originally asked me to write a speech and questions and it ended up being all scripted," Haab told WPLG-TV.

CNN aired a town hall on the Florida school shooting with Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Bill Nelson (D-FL) that included NRA's Dana Loesch and Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel that was moderated by Jake Tapper. Students and parents asked questions about gun control and school safety.

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