OLYMPIANS SAY SELFIES WERE STOPPED AT WHITE HOUSE (1004 hits)
-"Olympians say selfies were stopped at White House," by AP National Writer Eddie Pells: "Olympic athletes say they were asked to keep their cellphones in their pockets last week when they visited the White House and met with President Obama. The White House said that's longstanding practice because taking individual photos with hundreds of people wouldn't be practical, and there are official photographers at such events. ... [T]he request to the Olympians ... came after the selfie Boston Red Sox slugger David 'Big Papi' Ortiz took with the president during his team's visit to the White House. ... 'I was a little bummed,' said Nick Goepper, a bronze medalist in slopestyle skiing. 'I thought about trying to sneak one, but they were pretty adamant about it. I'm sure if they would've allowed it, there'd be 150 people with selfies with the president right now.'"
The White House was not amused. Carney said at the time that the White House objects any time the president's image is used for commercial purposes. On an appearance on CBS's "Face the Nation" on Sunday, White House Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer said the White House expressed its concerns to Samsung about the ad.
"Maybe this will be the end of all selfies," he joked.
