Tuesday, December 1, 2009

The newest media crashers

White House Crashers or not, the Salahis have certainly made their appearance known in the media during the past week. I hate to draw even more attention to them, but why are these folks getting interviews? And why are the media outlets lobbing them softballs?

The couple was on the Today Show this morning, and Matt Lauer pointedly asked who invited them, and they tap-danced around their answer. I didn't see the show, but read the NYT article, and this line of questioning doesn't appear to go much further.

Shouldn't it be fairly easy to determine if a couple was invited to the White House? This is getting drawn out to balloon-boy proportions, and I am frustrated to see more reality show hopefuls provoke the media into dragging the public's attention away from more important stories.

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