Glen Reynolds writes:
MORE ON THOSE AIRBRUSHED MALIA SPRING BREAK STORIES: The story of Malia Obama’s Mexican vacation reveals double standards and a noodle-spined media.“Rather than collapsing spinelessly, the press, collectively, should have said, ‘Sorry, but this story is already out there, so you’ll have to deal with the security consequences of sending your daughter off to a dangerous country.’”
Pulling a story at the White House’s request is pretty craven.
On the one hand, it's fairly nice that the press was willing to put security of a child above its dynamic to publish.
On the other hand, it's kind of frightening how willing the press was to shill for the White House - particularly when it required that many news agencies had to take the story and put up a "404" notice. It felt...well...Orwellian.
On the third hand, how prudent is it for the Obamas to send their 14 year old to Mexico, even with 25 Secret Service agents?
On the fourth hand, how prudent was it for the Obamas send 25 Secret Service agents to Mexico just so their daughter could go on a spring break with her class?
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How selfish of them once again.
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