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The Hill<\/strong><\/a>
February 24, 2018<\/p>\n

CNN released emails from a network producer on Friday that appear to contradict a Florida high school student\u2019s claim that the network scripted a question that he was supposed to ask at a televised town hall event this week.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Colton Haab, a survivor of last week\u2019s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., said Thursday on Fox News that CNN had initially asked him to \u201cwrite a speech and ask questions\u201d for the event but that a producer ultimately scripted a question for him. CNN has denied that claim.<\/p>\n

According to Business Insider<\/a>, CNN and Haab agreed on the question that he would ask at the town hall. His father, Glenn Haab, pulled his son out of the event after the network refused to let the student read a lengthy speech at the event.<\/p>\n

The Haabs\u2019 also appeared to provide doctored emails to media outlets to back up the claim that CNN scripted the questions, Business Insider reported.\u00a0CNN\u2019s version of the email showed that the producer wrote she wanted the student to stick to a question \u201cthat he submitted,\u201d but that phrase was omitted in the version released by the family.<\/p>\n

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The family of a Parkland shooting survivor appears to have provided doctored emails to Fox and HuffPost in an attempt to support their claim that CNN “scripted” its Wednesday town hall. https:\/\/t.co\/AdiXw2lmRz<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/3O5EneClcK<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Eliza Relman (@eliza_relman) February 24, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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