Posted on 05/27/2012 9:58:07 AM PDT by kristinn
Several media outlets have again pulled or edited already-published articles about the activities of President Barack Obama’s daughter, even though the stories appeared to pose no active security risk to the first family.
On Thursday, 14-year-old Malia Obama attended a concert by the British boy band One Direction at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Va., flanked by Secret Service agents who attempted unsuccessfully to blend in with the crowd of mostly pre-teen girls.
At one point during the concert, the boy bands’ teen heartthrobs sang, “You’re insecure, Dunno what for, You’re turning heads when you walk through the door” — words that managed to take on some meaning for Malia, who looked less than enthused by the presence of multiple middle-aged federal agents at her side.
On Friday, the story was picked up by the liberal website The Huffington Post, which ran the headline, “Malia Obama, One Direction Fan: First Daughter Attends Boy Band Concert with Secret Service in Tow.”
Within hours, the entire post was scrubbed from the site without explanation, and the post’s URL was hastily changed to direct users to the site’s celebrity section.
The next day, news aggregation website Buzzfeed ran a story on the event, accompanied by a picture of Malia in attendance at the concert. The headline was “Malia Obama Goes to the One Direction Concert with the Secret Service,” and the story’s picture showed Malia standing awkwardly in front of a scowling male Secret Service agent, with what appear to be two additional female Secret Service agents standing to her right.
By Sunday, the headline had changed to “Secret Service Agent Does Not Appear To Enjoy One Direction Concert,” and Buzzfeed had cropped the photo to remove Malia entirely, leaving only a narrow shot of the unhappy Secret Service agent. Again, the author of the post, Hillary Reinsberg, left no explanation for scrubbing Malia from the story and the picture, nor did she provide any indication to readers that it had occurred.
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Additionally, despite repeatedly saying that the first family is off-limits to reporters, the Obama campaign has used images of the president’s daughters in advertisements urging the public to “help the Obamas stand up for working Americans.”
Agreed and let's remember, those girls will spend the rest of their lives living down the shame of being daughters of the Big ZERO!!!
Agreed and let's remember, those girls will spend the rest of their lives living down the shame of being daughters of the Big ZERO!!!
Obama is a homosexual who foolishly came out of the closet too early (thanks to Plugs) and now wants to shut the closet door and make his MSM toadies spike ANYTHING that reflects badly on the NEW Obama sissy throwing, pansy bike riding mom pants and woo wooo wrist limping pigeon toed swishing and all! Not to mention face bussing and rump up bowing to Muslim pederast leaders.
Jest having fun;)
Don’t know the band just know Obama.
“woo wooo wrist limping pigeon toed swishing and all! “
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
You owe me a new keyboard!
The Obama's are not worried about Malia's privacy; like the rest of the family; that IS a sacrifice; and they know it.
They are, of course; concerned with 'their' image; and they are at their worst; trying to control all, that might impact, negatively. Deserved or not.
Noticed how good Michelle Obama looks on People magazine, this week; on cover and inside per story. Looks like they 'air brushed' about fifteen pounds off of her; (her skirt/hips seem to disappear into nothingness) and she is at least five shades 'lighter' than her normal skin tone.
Can only say; Good Job, People!
My thoughts exactly. thanks Bay... ;-)
Chuckling at the secret service agents not blending in very well with the pre-teen girls crowd.
What? We don’t have female agents who can scream and simper (like Megan McCain)?
Oh PLEASE!! They use those kids at every turn!! They HIDE behind them.
bttt
did she get to go backstage?
I really hate the press btw
I am not sure how I ‘feel’ about them, but i am sure they have a much better opportunity in their lives than Myself or my children after what their despicable father has done to the economy and the country.
Besides, WE PAY FOR THEIR SECURITY! We deserve a first family that treats at least SOME of our tax dollars with respect. How many teenagers CAN NOT afford to go to a concert because the unemployment rate for teenagers id over 50%? As for laying off the kids, NO WAY, they deserve everything that they get . I hate them only slightly less than I hate their scumbag parents!
Sure. They tried to drink beer. That’s seriously newsworthy. Teenager tries to buy beer. Stop the presses./s
I agree. Leave the Obama kids alone..
Pedophiles rape children. Therefore I can rape children. Twisted logic, no? Leave the kids alone until they become players. After that, fire away.
One Direction is all white. Bad optics.
Concerts are expensive. Do we have enough Secret Service left to protect all the Obama daughters and sons? Maybe they should stay home and watch MTV.
When you put it that way it is more difficult to have sympathy for them. But, I have to give them the benefit of the doubt because they were drawn into this by no choice of their own. I hoped (when commenting) that this all might have the benefit of offering them some humility in perspective. Honestly, looking at the special life bestowed on Amy Carter and the arrogance of Chelsea Clinton, it seems like a long shot. I say that because of the attitude of entitlement fed to the children of liberals. Isn’t it ironic how they differ in comparison to the children of conservatives who may find success, but work for it on their own for the most part?
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