Scotty Lago goes down on the bronze medal

So the snowboarding half-pipe competition was yesterday and Shaun White kicked ass and won gold (what a surprise haha), however, the real story about the event came after when the bronze medalists, Scotty Lago, decided it would be a great idea to party with his medal and a woman. Pictures surfaced all over the internet and news of this girl with his bronze medal in her mouth down towards his crotch. Now I know he is a young guy and partying because you just took 3rd place out of everyone in the entire world is acceptable, but he is representing his country and should know better than to do this.

This relates directly to media class because it shows just how fast the media works. I do not know the exact time it took for these pictures to surface, but I assume it was within hours. I am sure that the Olympic Board is not too happy with the way this turned out. The media is a great tool to get information out to the world at an instant's notice these days, but it can also get people in a lot of trouble fast. Without the internet, this story and these pictures could take days to see the light of day.