Put Dinner to rest, or start over!”Īt its core, the dinner is supposed to be a celebration of the First Amendment, an opportunity to laud the young journalists who have won the association’s scholarships, and a place to applaud the current journalists whose work illuminates the public’s understanding of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. “The filthy “comedian” totally bombed (couldn’t even deliver her lines-much like the Seth Meyers weak performance). “The White House Correspondents’ Dinner was a failure last year, but this year was an embarrassment to everyone associated with it,” the president tweeted. For the second straight year, the president skipped the gathering instead holding a campaign-style rally, this time in Michigan. President Donald Trump said Sunday evening that the dinner “a total embarrassment to everyone associated with it” and that it is time to change the format or kill it entirely.
The outgoing president of the WHCA, Talev said the organization is committing to hearing from members about format of the dinner going forward.
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“Last night’s program was meant to offer a unifying message about our common commitment to a vigorous and free press while honoring civility, great reporting and scholarship winners, not to divide people,” Talev said in a statement to the White House press corps.
Reporters who work with her daily appreciate that was there,” NBC News White House correspondent Kelly O’Donnell wrote on Twitter.Īs consternation over Wolf’s jokes continued, White House Correspondents’ Association president Margaret Talev said the comedian’s monologue “was not in the spirit of that mission,” on a night when the association wanted promote a unifying message. “The spirit of the event had always been jokes that singe but don’t burn.
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