I don't mean to belittle your ability to comprehend but the issue is not that the any politician wishes to or even attempts to control his/her message and/or exposure; the issue is that the media in this case is CNBC/GE are who is responsible for staging the event and selecting through invitation the audience members based on their affiliation with the Princeton Alumni Club and the questions of the selected audience, is complicit in it.

That's why I posed the question as to whether there is any evidence that a media outlet staged such an event under similar circumstances for and with GW Bush.