Bob Franken: Social Climbing the White House Gates

[Louisiana1976]

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It is probably not true that when President Obama announces Tuesday he'll be ordering thousands more Americans to Afghanistan, the first two to go will be the couple that crashed the White House State Dinner. But there are probably some people here who would applaud the idea.

Let's face it, Tareq and Michaele Salahi have left a lot of powerful figures bent out of shape and looking for some way to punish them for their embarrassing stunt Tuesday night. There's even talk of legal action.

What will the charge be...Ruining Thanksgiving For Secret Service Officials? Or maybe Pulling Off a PR Coup?

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-franken/social-climbing-the-white_b_372084.html

[KharmaTrain]

1. Corporate Media Circle Jerk Continues...

This was a 24 hour story at the most, but in today's "competitive" corporate media wars, it's become an obsession. Well, it does feature a blonde. It's a story right under their noses...and one they can speculate and play with for hours on end as it's become the bright new shiny toy. It's the corporate media fascinated with a creation of the corporate media (the reality show) that thrives on attention and thus the circle goes.

For millions focues on the economy or healthcare reform or war and peace, this noise is just another example of how the corporate media has made news "infotainment"...self constructed, contrived and manipulated.

[Kolesar]

2. That's what I see on the "news" pages at Yahoo and TimeWarnerCable

Their editors are too stupid to understand the Copenhagen climate talks.

[marshall]

3. Can they stop the inevitable "We punked the White House" video?

Undoubtedly coming to a reality show near you!

[janedum]

4. If you or I pulled a stunt like that, WE'D BE IN JAIL >> NOW!!

Wealthy + White + Social Climbers = double standard.