So Kanye pulled a little something at the VMAs that I know you've all heard about.
But it turned into a media ethics question when President Obama and a pool of reporters got involved.
Here's a roundup story of what happened.
Here's the actual audio.
Here's Moran's tweet.
So what's the upshot here? Was it ethical for Moran to tweet this? Can the president ever expect to be off the record? Is "jackass" a term not in keeping with the civility required of the office? We just pummeled a congressman for saying, "You lie." What about "jackass"? Or was this an accurate and precise description worthy of circulation? Does the venue matter?
(Incidentally, this is a pretty funny parody linking the two.)
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Is "jackass" presidential?
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Who doesn't think Kanye was a jackass? while Obama may be the president, he is also a human being with thoughts and opinions. Everyone is entitled to share what they think, even the president. Now on the other hand, should that tweet have been published? No. Obama was not being interviewed nor giving a public speech, and while some would listen in to expose an injustice or wrongdoing (Mike Duvall), such a comment was totally unnecessary to tweet and is now just causing unwanted and unneeded drama.
I agree. Had he called Kanye a jackass on the record that would have been different, but they were just sharing friendly conversation.
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