Amended:

Sorry--this wasn't meant to be published. It was a placeholder and a few notes for a possible full-length post. Apologies to all those who thought I'd got lazy and decided to move the tweet format into my regular blog posts.

However, for posterity, here are those notes:

Why child-singing-gate is a PR perfect storm

All the ingredients:

Cute children, showbiz, glamor, skullduggery, shady officials. Fits into pre-conceived notions of government control freakery. [Outrage] disproportionate to the offense. Worry about the 12-year-olds on the gymnastics team.

 Maybe I don't actually need to write anything more...

-Will