Alabama Prom News Item

I was just reading the article from CNN about the high school senior that was suspended for not meeting the dress code for her senior prom. Here is the link - http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/04/01/dnt.suspended.over.prom.dress.wbrc?iref=allsearch
My problem continues to be - Why does this crap make the news? The implication from CNN is that there is something wrong here that made this "news worthy."  The horror and disbelief that a high school senior would be suspended for three days just for violating the dress code at the prom. What a load of crap. The students were told not once, not twice, but three times about the dress code and what the consequences would be if they violated the code. Simple stuff like no cleavage and the dress needs to be no higher that six inches above the knee. Not exactly draconian.

Why did CNN choose to air this piece? Eighteen students were denied entry due to dress code violations, but they chose other punishments. The local community defined an acceptable standard of dress for this school and community sponsored event. Had the article been about the stupidity of our over-indulged and under-parented kids I could understand it. The problem is that a national news agency chose to air a piece that implied some kind of wrong-doing on the part of the school. The local people have the right to impose a set of rules concerning public events. CNN should stick to reporting news and stop trying to create controversy. Maybe they could take some more time to report on the abject failure of the Obama administration to do anything meaningful to help the people of this country rather than borrowing from our children to reward their cronies.