MTV wants 'light' questions for Obama at today's youth townhall. Why?

From Nick Seaver:

At 4pm ET today, President Obama is participating in a "youth town hall" with MTV, CMT and BET. Last week I submitted my name to be a participant and was called back for the second round of "casting" (their word, not mine) with a representative from one of the networks.

After asking what topics I was personally interested in, they asked what question I'd want to ask President Obama if I were in a room with him. I gave a sample question to give them a sense of where I'd go, but not anything specific (something about the role that federal policy plays in preventing bullying in light of the recent attention to suicide). The next question was: What lighter question would I ask the President -- something related to pop culture perhaps. I hadn't given any thought to this because, really, what moron blows this opportunity by asking the President "Mac or PC?"