Even the president has something to say on what Kanye West did to Taylor Swift.

In an interview by ABC with US President Barack Obama, the president was heard to have called Kanye West a “jackass” for his infamous upstaging of Taylor Swift at the recent VMAs.

But the real deal is how did this leak out? It spurs a debate among journalists on whether or not the comment should have been released publicly. The comment apparently was made before the interview, when the reps and the president were having an informal banter.

So the question is, where do reporters draw the line on what to make public, and what to keep private?

The news was spread thru Twitter by ABC network employees. One named was a Terry Moran, a former White House Correspondent. Even though he deleted his tweet after about an hour, of course it already spread like a virus and now everyone knows.

(via AP)