This kind of behavior by his daughter raises questions about how successful someone can be in that regard. But as she learned belatedly, get in legal trouble more than once, and off come the gloves. Professor Figley believes that's not fair in this case. As many commentators noted, few US students go through college without drinking an illicit beer. But last week, when a second citation was issued, the program used it as a news peg to do a story on the nationwide problem with underage drinking.
Many parents have to deal with similar things.
Then, of course, there's the story of how the White House is dealing with it. There is that story, plus the privacy issue, and how other first families have been treated. Indeed, the list of follow-ups could go on long enough to fill a dry news cycle. Not your ordinary situation Mr. Lichter of the Center for Media and Public Affairs ultimately comes down on the side of fair. They get recognition, special treatment, but when things wrong, they're also taken to task.