President Barack Obama selfie with Red Sox hitter David Ortiz last week, stirred controversy about Samsung using it publicly to promote its mobile device. The Korean smartphone creator made a hit marketing campaign using the selfie taken by Ortiz with the President. White House was not optimistic about the selfie being used by the company, and now banning the act with the president.
Discussions with the tech giant Samsung and White House adviser is underway, following the release of the promotional ads over the internet. The Baseball star David Ortiz who also was signed by the company to promote the mobile phone, was known to deliberately took the selfie with the president.
The famous selfie was just part of a bunch made by the president with different personalities like, prime ministers to scientists. Banning selfie with the president was reported on CBS Face The Nation, by Dan Pfeiffer. senior adviser of the White House.
David Ortiz presidential selfie was posted by the athlete on his tweeter account, gaining 38,000 retweets, with Samsung as one of them. The baseball hitter also denied allegations that he was ordered to take the selfie with the president. Samsung already has 5.2 million followers on its twitter account that retweeted the iconic selfie.
Some netizens and critics was angered from Samsung's promotional tactics involving President Barack Obama. Concerns about the marketing campaign eluded the White House over the Korean company, and will probably be an upcoming legal issue for both parties. The current talks that are being made may involve removal of all content pertaining to the presidential Ortiz selfie.
President Barack Obama and David Ortiz selfie that made viral over social media platforms over the internet is not the first, other same images also made controversies. Th White House is already making a provision in banning selfies with the President.
