Aren't those Presidential Forum/Town Hall Meetings Propaganda also?

• Pictured above (above): President Bush listens to Bob McFadden, right, , of Medford, N.J. Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2005, during an event at the Andrew Mellon Auditorium on Social Security  reform held in Washington. McFadden was invited to give his views on social security. The people who took part in the forum were chosen for their basic agreement with the president's position. McFadden said, "I believe, personally, that if it's in a personal account, I can invest my money better than the government." Another participant, Josh Wright from central Utah, said personal accounts would encourage more independence, allow investors to pass on their savings to their heirs and maybe even be more reliable than the Social Security system itself.[more] and [more] Pictured (left): The president appeared here in a town-hall-style event that included two community college students who returned to the classroom with the help of federal financial aid. Kim Wilkerson, a mother who has attended Florida Community College part time since 2002, said she would not have been able to afford to return to school without her Pell Grant and student loans. "Without that, it would have been impossible to go," she told Bush. [more]