video Looking back over the last few days at the events surrounding Tareq and Michaele Salahi -- the Virginian couple who crashed last week's White House state dinner -- it's hard not to wonder whether we haven't just witnessed the invention of some brand new type of reality game show: extreme reality. Like extreme sports but with a reality game show twist. And boy did the Salahi's take it to the extreme (really, is there anything more extreme than infiltrating the White House and meeting President Obama?) Of course, in this case (much like its "extreme" Balloon Boy predecessor) who needs an actual contract with an actual television company (the Salahi's were apparently merely in talks with Bravo) when the cable newsers are so willing to take the bait and run with it. (more...)