By James  Nye Samsung and David Ortiz appear to have duped President Obama into participating in their latest questionable promotional stunt. The supposedly spontaneous selfie the Red Sox hitter snapped with a smiling Obama on the White House lawn on Tuesday was in fact sponsored by the South Korean tech-giant as part of a new commercial relationship between the two. What had initially seemed a genuine part of the 2013 World Series winner's celebrations was confirmed to be an advertising campaign that brought a curt response from Jay Carney, the White House spokesman and himself a diehard Red Sox fan.
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'Spontaneous' Selfie of Red Sox hitter David Ortiz and President Obama re-tweeted tens of thousands of times via Twitter
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Revealed to be part of carefully coordinated social media campaign organized by Samsung and player
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Samsung admitted that they had planned out Ortiz's photo-ops at the White House beforehand
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David Ortiz and Samsung signed a commercial sponsorship deal on Monday
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White House said that President Obama was not aware he was taking part in an advertising campaign
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Ellen DeGeneres' famous A-list Oscar selfie was part of a Samsung online promotion
Best selfie ever: Ellen's A-list Oscar's picture literally broke @placeholder when she uploaded this celebrity laden picture during the ceremony