White House asked California paper to take out unflattering remark about first lady

A small weekly paper in California claims that a White House official asked it to remove a sentence from a "benign" feature about Marine One because it reflected poorly on first lady Michelle Obama.... "Basically the reporter said that the First Lady didn't speak to the pilots but acknowledged them by making eye contact.... I thought it was interesting, though, that the [White House] was concerned enough about image to contact a little weekly paper in Pleasanton." The White House communications office did not return requests for comment