Obama: Kanye West a ‘jackass’ for outburst

Off-the-record comments were sent via Twitter, opening ethics debate

President Barack Obama's candid thoughts about Kanye West are provoking a debate over standards of journalism in the Twitter age.

ABC News says it was wrong for its employees to tweet that Obama had called West a "jackass" for the rapper's treatment of country singer Taylor Swift. The network said some of its employees had overheard a conversation between the president and CNBC's John Harwood and didn't realize it was considered off the record.

The network apologized to the White House and CNBC.

Now tell me again where we can place our trust in professionalism? In our country's leaders? or in the press? oh wait....