{"id":35481,"date":"2016-04-10T16:50:28","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T20:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=35481"},"modified":"2016-04-10T16:53:13","modified_gmt":"2016-04-10T20:53:13","slug":"hillary-clinton-accused-of-using-static-noise-to-conceal-fundraising-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=35481","title":{"rendered":"Hillary Clinton Accused Of Using Static Noise To Conceal Fundraising Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"headline__subtitle\">A local reporter says the campaign turned a noise machine out onto the street just before Clinton started speaking.<\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Hillary Hanson<br \/>\nThe Huffington Post<\/p>\n<div class=\"top-media\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;top_media&quot;}}\">\n<div class=\"top-media--image image\">\n<h5><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image__src\" src=\"http:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/scalefit_630_noupscale\/570931df2e00006400950d66.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/>THE WASHINGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAGES<br \/>\nHillary Clinton rides the subway in New York City.<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component text\">\n<p>A local reporter in Denver says Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton<a href=\"http:\/\/gawker.com\/report-hillary-clinton-used-static-noise-machine-to-pr-1769964409\" target=\"_blank\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:0}}\">used a \u201cstatic noise machine\u201d at a fundraising event<\/a>\u00a0to prevent the press and public from hearing her speech.<\/p>\n<p>The fundraiser was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/election\/ci_29738873\/hillary-clinton-fund-raising-colorado-hickenlooper-thursday\" target=\"_blank\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:1}}\">Thursday at the residence of Colorado gov. John Hickenlooper.<\/a>The event was private, but since it took place outside \u2014 in a tent in Hickenlooper\u2019s yard \u2014 anyone nearby would be able to hear much of what was going on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"content-list-component image\"><span class=\"share-bar-image-wrapper\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_image&quot;}}\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image__src\" src=\"http:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/scalefit_630_noupscale\/570932271e0000b3007069aa.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><span class=\"image__credit\">CYRUS MCCRIMMON VIA GETTY IMAGES<\/span><figcaption class=\"image__caption\">Hillary Clinton waves to neighbors as she leaves a fundraising party at Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper\u2019s home.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"content-list-component text\">\n<p>But apparently the Clinton campaign wanted to make sure that didn\u2019t happen, according to CBS Denver reporter Stan Bush, who tweeted that the campaign pointed a white-noise machine at the street just before Hillary Clinton spoke.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Guess <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HillaryClinton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HillaryClinton<\/a> campaign dsn&#39;t want reporters to hear fundraiser speech. Turned on a static noise machine pointed at us when she spoke<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stan Bush (@StanBushTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StanBushTV\/status\/718229050028879872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bush also provided short videos demonstrating what the acoustics sounded like before and after the static noise started. He wrote that the noise came from <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/StanBushTV\/status\/718243302697476098\" target=\"_blank\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:4}}\">\u201ca large speaker pointed out into the street.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Clarify &#8211; we&#39;re across street of private <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HillaryClinton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HillaryClinton<\/a> fundraiser. &quot;Static noise&quot; turnd on aftr band\/before speech <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4up0EMEwTD\">pic.twitter.com\/4up0EMEwTD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stan Bush (@StanBushTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StanBushTV\/status\/718239643238600706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here&#39;s what it sounds like with that static noise machine turned off at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HillaryClinton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HillaryClinton<\/a> campaign fundraiser <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/keyuXwQad2\">pic.twitter.com\/keyuXwQad2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stan Bush (@StanBushTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StanBushTV\/status\/718241724057915393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Press-free fundraisers were an<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/politics\/article\/Presidential-hopefuls-block-press-from-fundraisers-2366763.php\" target=\"_blank\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:11}}\"> issue of contention in the 2012 presidential elections<\/a>, when transparency advocates took both then-Republican nominee Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama to task for barring reporters from private events, or portions of events. The Clinton campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The Bernie Sanders campaign seized on the allegations in a Friday email to supporters, with the subject line \u201cWild story from Clinton fundraiser last night.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"content-list-component image\"><span class=\"share-bar-image-wrapper\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_image&quot;}}\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image__src\" src=\"http:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/scalefit_630_noupscale\/570932bd150000ee010b46d5.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><span class=\"image__credit\">BERNIE SANDERS CAMPAIGN<\/span><\/figure>\n<div class=\"content-list-component text\">\n<p>Though the Sanders campaign has also held fundraisers at private residences, all of them have been open to some press coverage, Sanders campaign spokesman Michael Briggs told The Huffington Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been three fundraisers in Los Angeles at private homes,\u201d Briggs said in an email. \u201cTwo were covered by The Hollywood Reporter and local press. One was covered by a pool reporter, John Wagner of The Washington Post. In that instance, as other pooled events, we distributed the unedited report to our entire press list.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear if any reporters were allowed into the Clinton event at Hickenlooper\u2019s home, though <a href=\"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/election\/ci_29738873\/hillary-clinton-fund-raising-colorado-hickenlooper-thursday\" target=\"_blank\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:12}}\">The Denver Post noted<\/a> that her campaign \u201cwould release no details to the press in advance.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"extra-content\">\n<h1 class=\"extra-content__title\"><\/h1>\n<div class=\"extra-content__media\"><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/hillary-clinton-static-noise-speech_us_570930dae4b0836057a16748\">http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/hillary-clinton-static-noise-speech_us_570930dae4b0836057a16748<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A local reporter says the campaign turned a noise machine out onto the street just before Clinton started speaking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35481\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}