I was reminded of this, ah, "story," today. It's from July 30, 2009, so yeah, it's dated. Remember when President Obama caused a stir when he invited Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Harvard prof) and and James Crowley (police sergeant) to have a beer?
Oh, that's right, you don't remember it. Because it's uninteresting, unimportant, and NOT EFFING NEWS.
The Wall Street Journal published this article in their US Section. And while this supposed "brouhaha" did happen to take place in our very own United States of America, I find the extensive coverage of this non-incident (several other news sites and networks carried it) pretty damn offensive.
Don't know about you, but I don't give a flying eff what the President drinks. All I know is, if I were the White House spokesperson who had to deal with being questioned by reporters about this bullshit, it's the exact kind of bullshit I would quit over.
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I love that you slipped in "brouhaha" when talking about beer. The only thing better would have been to purposefully misspell as "brewhaha"!
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