Malia Obama Stories Disappear From the Web…Again
- Posted on May 27, 2012 at 3:34pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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Image source: The Daily Mail
Remember back in March when news stories about Malia Obama vacationing in Mexico started disappearing from the web?
The White House ultimately admitted to asking news outlets to pull their stories in order to protect the first daughter’s safety while she was abroad, and also because there was “no vital news interest.”
(Related: ‘A Little Bizarre’: Media Ethics Experts Question Scrubbing of Malia Obama Spring Break Story)
It seems the same thing has happened again, this time after Malia attended a concert last week by U.K. boy band One Direction.
The Daily Caller pointed out that two of the main outlets that covered Malia’s attendance have since scrubbed their stories or heavily altered them.
The Huffington Post on Friday ran the the headline, “Malia Obama, One Direction Fan: First Daughter Attends Boy Band Concert with Secret Service in Tow.”
By Sunday, a link to the story was redirecting to website’s “Entertainment” page:
The Huffington Post's "story" link here redirects to the site's "Entertainment" page.
The Huffington Post's story about Malia attending the concert redirects to its main "Entertainment" page.
BuzzFeed took a different approach. Its Saturday post, titled “Malia Obama Goes to the One Direction Concert with the Secret Service,” was subsequently changed to “Secret Service Agent Does Not Appear To Enjoy One Direction Concert.” Instead of the picture of Malia in the audience, the post’s only feature was a skinny, cropped image of the glaring Secret Service agent:
BuzzFeed's altered take on the One Direction story.
Still, not all news mentions of Malia’s concert-going have been removed: The Daily Mail, which removed its version of the Mexico story, still has its story up, as does the Washington Examiner. TMZ, one of the first outlets to publish the photograph of Malia at the concert, still has its version up as well.
As the Daily Caller noted, the main difference between the Mexico and concert stories is that the Mexico reports were published while Malia was still in the country, thus posing a potential security risk. The concert reports, however, were only published after the fact — posing no risk to Malia’s safety.
Whatever it might say about not reporting on the Obama girls, it certainly hasn’t stopped the White House from trotting them out when necessary to suit the president’s political needs.
(h/t Daily Caller)
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Comments (148)
Pat Alexander
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 7:40pmI read where she was embarrassed by having the S/S men with her. Don’t we have any female S/S agents ?? This is 2012, not 1956.
Is there some kind of “War on Women” or something – that the girls can’t get in the S/S??
Just askin’ :O)
Nonetheless, when news stories can be “scrubbed” like this, we are at a very serious crossroads…..
Report Post »ncwiseguy
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 8:41pmfemale ss agents dont have the strength and physical prowess that males do. thats why the guys went to the concert. BUT………you d think the ss would have sent at least one female agent………..since guys are not appreciated in the ladies room.
Report Post »CapnJaquesSeaturd
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 9:16pmDuring the 1996 Olympics Chelsea Clinton showed up at the tennis venue. Two blacked out suv’s pulled into the players entrance. She had two agents with her and I think one was a female.
Report Post »Skrewedretiree
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 9:19pmNo female SS? Well, they might get assigned to protect Obama, and that would go against his Muslim upbringing – which of course didn’t happen. Just like his birth in Kenya and his upbringing in Indonesia didn’t happen, even though he said he was there. Maybe you will call me a “birther”, but I can tell you this: Put this to a jury trial and see what the jury and the courts would find as truth. The same juries and courts are executing people in this country, but we are supposed to believe anything the Regime says?
Tell you what…if the Republicans are supposed to have this War On Women thing going, then WHY are there no women SS agents? Hmmm?
Report Post »TAXLORDCOMETH
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 10:59pmPlus, you don’t want your teenage daughter exposed to guys partying with hookers.
Report Post »kyuss
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 12:18amUmmm, yes. The 2 women to Malia’s right are S/S also. Take another look at the photo.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 2:09amHA HA yep… both women are standing arms folded with the LOOK “I have to be here”
Report Post »turkey13
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 8:52amIt looks like the UN didn’t wait for Congress to vote on UN control of the internet! As far as having this guy instead of a woman it’s because he has top gun statis. This guy is able fire a 17 bullet clip and leave 17 bodies with no bystanders hit.
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 9:52amLet‘s see a 5’6″-90lb-woman stop two or more 6′3″-195lb-man(men) from rushing and smashing into her into the ground…which is usually cement or hard tarmac. A 6′3″ large security-man is much more intimmidating. In the fire-departments, the woman can’t even handle most fire-ladders wthout a man to assist her…large building fire…she”cant hoist the 20foot-ladder…two man-fire-fighters rush to help…those did NOT see the people on the 5th-floor smoke-filled window…guess who died cause a weak woman couldn‘t pass the earlier test of raising individual ladders by one’s self…1-person, 1-ladder. Oh to be “PC” will just weaken all standards so women can doo all things firefighting.
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 10:09amThere are atleast [3] agents in the picture..who is this idiot reporter who can‘t see what’s in his/her own framed-picture?? Where did theBlaze get this pos?
Report Post »JRook
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 10:46amChildren of President should be off limits. And I have a lot of respect for the President and first lady in that they are not, like previous Republican and Democratic Presidents, VP’s and candidates have done. Trying to utilize the visibility to position them in the public eye for current and future gain. Chelsea Clinton and Meagan McCain are good examples.
Report Post »DGuy
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 11:52amThey got rid of the stories because NOBODY CARES what Shasta and Malaria are doing…
Report Post »rushvillerocket
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 12:51pmI wonder how much this little concert cost the taxpayers!!!!!!!!
Report Post »DetritusScreener
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 7:20pmActually, she doesn‘t look like Obama’s biological daughter. I wonder if either one are?
Report Post »DetritusScreener
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 7:34pmhttp://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1547408/pg1
Report Post »El Paso Girl
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 7:56pmTrue very true….
Report Post »Skrewedretiree
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 9:26pmDon’t question it. The Regime can come up with a birth certificate that is “true”. They did it for the Kenyan in Chief.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 10:17pmThe short one looks like Rahm Emanuell. Just sayin
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 10:19pmThe tall one is the spitting image of Jay Z
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 10:24pmIm not sayin the first lady liked to play around. Well, maybe i am
Report Post »bignebraskan
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 11:22pmEverything about BHO is choreographed, including his marriage and alleged kids. BHO is bi. Malia and Sasha aren’t his, but they make him look like a nice family man don’t they? He’s just playing the part.
Report Post »TrueSoundsOfLiberty
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 12:54amIf As$holes could fly, this place would be an airport.
Report Post »Way to say classy Blazers!
idarusskie
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 7:27amwho care who his wife slept with.
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 9:59amRememberr the Rev.Write, 3hr-interview…he helped Obama “choose” a wife…becha she already had two(2) ready-made daughters when they married for convenience, over 20-some years ago.
Report Post »vanman4446
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 6:54pmMaybe Travon is his real son
Report Post »vanman4446
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 6:55pmBlaze won’t post my comment about Travon being obummers real son
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 6:43pmI think that ALL children of Presidents should be off limits. Too bad these news organizations either pulled the stories or didn‘t print it in the first place didn’t feel that way when Bush was in office. Leave the kids alone.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 8:34pmWhy should Obama’s kids be off-limits? He used them to justify his “evolution” on gay marriage. Everyone knows it’s a lie, yet he didn’t hesitate to use them.
Report Post »Commander8080
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 8:58pmWhy? If they do not want to be in the headlines. Then let them say out of the headline or they are subject to the headlines. It is the price they pay to be the Presidents children.
Report Post »Commander8080
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 9:00pmWhy is she going to a concert in the first place? She think she is normal? If Barry wanted them to have a normal life, then many he should not have run for president.
Report Post »Lunertic
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 11:26pmSo? I guess you didn’t see Jenna Bush drunk and getting crazy. Strange. It was in all of the Liberal Media. I can’t imagine your not seeing it Rick.
Report Post »tess q
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 6:38pmshe looks like obama’s mom. she is only 13, they don’t need to hide what she is doing. besides the only children of a president that get bad press is the republican presidents. what is the press doing hiding this, nothing there. another game.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 8:01pmThey’re mad that she appears to be worshipping a boy band instead of the Holy One.
Report Post »rdk
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 6:14pmLeave Malia alone. End of story. Period.
Report Post »BreeZee
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 6:04pmking barry exercising his control over the kool-aid drinking lame street media. the concert was done and over with so whats the big deal? no one can harm her after the fact.
Report Post »needmoinfo
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 11:56pm“They” may be looking for her at future concerts since she is out in big crowds now. Reckless.
Report Post »Flannie
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 6:04pmWe need to leave the kids alone. Seriously.
It doesn’t matter if she went to a concert, and it doesn’t matter if she could only do so with taxpayer-funded protection. That’s what they are there for. We cannot begrudge this child a little fun outing just because we think her daddy’s politics stink.
Report Post »RRFlyer
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 5:32pmWhat does the blaze care? They even blocked comments on her story
Report Post »MiCurmudgeon
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 5:22pmI don’t care where she goes , if her parents pay for it. I care when it costs the taxpayers and there is no attempt to compensate the Government for the expenses
Report Post »IMAWAKENOW
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 5:50pmWho do you think is paying for a motorcade and secret service to escort her to and from the concert?
Report Post »PJL
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 7:30pmYes and in the UK.
Report Post »Flannie
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 7:55pmThe SS goes with her no matter what. If she spent the night at a friend’s house, they go. If she goes to school, they go. If she goes to the library, they go. If she goes to the movies, they go.
The alternative is to never let her go anywhere. Is that right? No, of course it isn’t. I don’t wish that on this child. There is no reason not to try to make her life as normal as possible. Bad enough she has to endure the SS, but it’s for her own good.
Come on, give the kid a break. We don’t need to begrudge her this.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 5:12pmWell, having fun at tax payers expense, now is that special or what, just like the congress, courts, EPA and all the others. Is there any wonder we are trillions of dollars in debt that won’t be paid off for generations to come. Is this a great country or what, they don’t have to answer to anyone, just let her rip, spend spend spend.
Report Post »lisalake
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 5:05pmWho gives a **** about milia?
Report Post »HKS
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 5:13pmYou should, your paying the bills.
Report Post »FedUpWithLibs
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 5:00pmI don‘t blame the Obama children for their mother and father and I wouldn’t care about these things if I did. My parents had many different views than I do. Who knows they might grow up and become conservative. That‘s if the libs aren’t successful at getting rid of us all.
Report Post »LouC57
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 4:53pmWHO cares?
Report Post »scrudge
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 5:04pmdouble who cares
Report Post »kyuss
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 12:26amIf you don’t care, then why did you click on the story and feel a need to comment? You could have skipped this story and moved to the next one.
Report Post »Countrygirl1362
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 4:53pmThe scrub is all part of his “transparency”, like his college records, draft card and other things that he pays millions to keep “transparent”.
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 10:07amWEthePEOPLE are paying for all of this…He-King-O’ pays for NOTHING!!! Repubs cn”r even wright a book or collect the proffits while in any office…HOW COME KING-O CAN KEEP ALL THE PROFFITS FROM HIS BOOKS??…..WHILE IN OFFICE????????????????????
Report Post »Cosmos102
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 4:44pmShe’s there with a lot of white people. Maybe that’s what Ma and Pa Obama objected to.
Report Post »dinosaur55
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 11:06amThis president is obsessed with race. The media is scrubbing the story not for Malia’s safety and welfare but because the band she went to see was an all white band. They do not want to upset their minority voters.
Report Post »junior1971
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 4:22pmOh, that ever illusive innocent little girls life being protected from the vulture tabloid media. So sad it is. Perhaps the writer of this story, as well as the editor and owner would like the media to follow their children around as well. Somehow I don’t think so. I wonder what jayz and beyonce are doing right now? Again, what a joke!
Report Post »scrudge
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 5:07pmjunior 1971 you got your panties in a waddddddd ?
Report Post »truff
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 4:18pmif it’s for their safety, why are they scrubbing them AFTER they’ve been in said physical location?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 6:32pmAgree .. except for political reasons .. after all most kids can’t afford the Obama lifestyle …. and as for leaving them alone .. that only works for the Dems .. then they attack the kids of conservatives.
Report Post »Micmac
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 4:14pmThe list of Useful Idiots is growing daily.
Nobama 2012
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 4:02pmThe Blaze really scours the Earth for topics to keep Blazers foaming at the mouth. Don’t you people ever get sick of being angry?
Report Post »garylee123
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 5:52pmWhen we have a president that doesn’t give a flip about the country and uses the office as his personal playground we SHOULD be angry.
Report Post »IMAWAKENOW
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 5:54pmno more than you do
Report Post »Todd P
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 8:53pmWell, since you are here too, I assume that “you people” includes yourself!
ROMNEY 2012
Report Post »jeann
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 9:42pmWhen a Marxist is living in the White House I have a reason to be angry. He’s destroying our country and my history and my conversation and telling me to move to a different place…You darn right I’m angry. If you think it‘s the blaze making people angry you better wake up before it’s to late. Good Grief!….
Report Post »ENDTIMES2220
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 3:56pmI don’t know what their worried about, she lives with a domestic terrorist.
Report Post »jeann
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 5:49pmI agree one hundred percent….well said
Report Post »Look4DBigPicture
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 3:53pmI have no problem with them being scrubbed, because children of politicians should be off limits. Besides, this photo has to be a fake. If Malia sat down, she would be sitting in the ‘secret service’ guy’s lap.
Report Post »BIgWheeler
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 4:06pmShe was taken to the concert by special agent Clinton
Report Post »BIgWheeler
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 4:08pmI agree with eveyone who says it’s a photoshop job. I think the real secret service agent is the woman behind her.
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 4:12pmHilarious, you people have been trained to imagine conspiracies EVERYWHERE you look!
Report Post »aragona
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 4:24pmI assume you are also referring to Sarah Palin’s children?
Report Post »MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 8:08pmI believe it is a photoshop job also only one SS agent and a public concert I am sure there would be more agents covering all angles with no protective booth setup and no SS at entrances give me a break I ain’t that stupid. His dog alone probably has atleast four SS agents to watch him take a crap.
Report Post »MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 8:19pmAlso check out the man seated above the CSC event staff member in the yellow shirt looks like a muslim face photoshopped in clearly phoney looking.
Report Post »Or is that Jesse Jackson ?
Todd P
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 9:01pmI think the man’s face was photoshopped into the picture to make people believe HE was the SS agent. The REAL SS agents are the 2 women to her right (our left) who are standing there but not especially enjoying the concert. In fact,one seems to be wearing a suit!
Report Post »TheBritshRcmg
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 1:44amIt does appear to be photo shopped but it you look closely the row directly behind her, except the seat the agent is sitting in appears to be empty. There are big gaps vertically between the girls heads. If you look to the right you will see another man sitting on that same row which gives the same impression of the SS and Malia. There are empty seats behind Malia.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 3:53pm?! …was she sitting on the SS’s lap?! … look where he is compared to the rows of girls.
Report Post »Teufel Hunden
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 3:50pmReally, who gives a crap? What would have been news worthy would have been a photo of a females legs emerging from under Bill Clinton’s desk. And not ones with Hillary’s fat ankles attached.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 4:49pmMSM sure blasted the BUSH TWINS everytime they made a move.
Report Post »TYPICAL double BS standard.
OMG 2012
TrueSoundsOfLiberty
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 12:57amMaybe because the Bush twins were trying to ditch the detail so they could use their fake ID’s to drink underage, do drugs and who knows what else.
Report Post »DetritusScreener
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 3:47pmThere is a suggestion that the girls may not be Obama’s biological daughters. Obama is gay and his marriage is a planned political prop, so are his daughters.
Report Post »drbage
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 4:00pmWell, recently, Obummer has been talking about is two “sons.” Is someone hacking into the teleprompter?
Report Post »Does it look to anyone else that the SS agent was photoshopped into the picture? Was he sitting on the floor? Doesn’t look like there is any seat for him.
Lloyd Drako
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 4:10pmDetritus: Being gay is not inconsistent with having biological offspring. I suppose now, having just about played out the birth certificate nonsense, you’ll be wanting cheek swabs and DNA.
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 4:47pm@Lloyd
“cheek swabs and DNA….”
Not a bad idea…everything else about O is a lie…why not the kids?
Report Post »DetritusScreener
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 5:29pm@Lloyd – At least you are finally admitting that Obama is gay…
Report Post »DetritusScreener
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 5:41pmIt would certainly put the issue to rest if someone would just pick up some eating utensils or a cup used by Obama for DNA testing. A simple test could be done and the rumors would go away.
Report Post »RGFROMTEXAS
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 9:19pmI assure you the rumors would not go away. They would say the DNA tests were rigged…It never ends !!! There is no such thing as “absolute proof” to the right wing crazies.
Report Post »Want our country back
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 3:40pmSo they remove Malia’s face but show the Secret Service protecting her…. yep, that’s about right.
They need to create a web site that‘s entitled ’want to know all of our secrets’, click here….
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 3:57pmI find it strange… that anyone cares!
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 4:00pmHad the same thought. How incredibly dumb to expose the agent protecting this girl. The lamestream media are a bunch of morons.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 5:21pmWhy in heaven’s name did they send a Secret Service agent who obviously is out of place? Nothing like sending up flags and making people notice her when she could have gone with an undercover agent. No one would have glanced twice.
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