Chapter . Phelps Likes Pot
With the ever increasing technological capabilities of mobile phones, and the public’s fascination with celebrity culture, it is no surprise that a camera phone captured an icon “making a bad judgment.” However, no one expected the subject to be Olympic record holder Michael Phelps. The picture spreading fast, America’s golden boy was forced to admit his mistake and face the public’s backlash. Whether fans brushed off the incident as a youthful indiscretion or not, cartoonists didn’t hesitate to depict the swimmer’s tarnished image. Even if Phelps’ slip-up is not yet forgiven, his hopeful splash in the 2012 games will likely clear the smoke from the water.
FREDERICK DELIGNE Nice-Matin, France
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