Barack and Michelle Obama, along with young daughters Sasha and Malia, have brought a new level of celebrity to the White House. Observers of politics and pop culture are taking a strong interest in America's first African-American first family. But the Obamas' celebrity status raises questions about whether the first family should be fodder for the paparazzi.
Cynthia Gordy, White House correspondent for Essence magazine; Bart Landry, a sociology professor at the University of Maryland, and Rob Howe, an editor for People magazine, discuss the new first family's mass appeal.
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