Bill Gates Get Ambushed by Question About Epstein from PBS News Hour (even as foundation is a sponsor)

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[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Are you people seriously falling for this? He approved the questions beforehand. This is PR on PBS because his foundation is a sponsor.

This wasn't a gotcha, this was planned. Think about why they did this.

[–]MarkimusNational Socialist 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Think about why they did this.

Enlighten the stupid plebs

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's to make Gates look better, damage control. He didn't say anything new, he just pimped his charity -- AND if you recall Gates was once criticized for how little he gave, that's why he made his Gates Foundation in the first place.

He repeated the same thing that's already been approved for release about Epstein while seeming uncomfortable about the situation, which he was probably coached to do. To make him seem more human and relatable. The message seems to be: Here's a bad situation Gates kind of stumbled into, but it was for a charity, and he really didn't do anything wrong.

Now that might not work on you, you see this video as confirmation of your own beliefs, but you're not the target audience. People on the fence are. People without strong feelings on the subject anyways. It seems like a reasonable explanation if you don't really care one way or the other.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

And perhaps the most important takeaway is that this means PBS is compromised. Gates just bought an ad--this-- on PBS. That's fucked up.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They are horrible actors.

[–]Richard_Parker[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

If this was planned, Bill Gates is a world class actor to feign embarrassment and surprise. I think the news hour did a solid here.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I've watched it several times now and I don't get that impression at all. He's prepared for the question. The things he is saying are not off the top of his head.

[–]Richard_Parker[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Maybe he is just that uncomfortable even after being prepared, which says a lot as well.