It was supposed to be an event honoring journalism, but the annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner devolved into partisan attacks on President Donald Trump and White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckacbee Sanders. For that, Margaret Talev, the outgoing head of the WHCA, wants people to know, she has regrets.
The WHCA released a statement Sunday night that, while short of an apology, did express regrets that “the entertainer’s monolog was not in the spirit of” the celebratory tone they aspired to.
The “entertainer” the statement refers to is comedian Michelle Wolf, who came under fire during the event for her mean-spirited and vicious cracks about the President and, in particular, Sanders, who was sitting at the head table at the event.
The statement includes a reference to future dinners and holds out the possibility that the current format of having a comedian perform at it may soon change. After complaints from members, Talev said they “are committed to hearing from members on your views on the format of the dinner going forward.”
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4 comments:
Sounds like a buddy of Kathy Griffin.
From this day forward this should be a Democratic event only.
It doesn’t need to be an event at all
Anonymous Anonymous said...
It doesn’t need to be an event at all
May 1, 2018 at 6:11 PM
Agreed. It's just another get together for these types so they can pat themselves on the back and tell each other what a wonderful job they are doing. Load of bs
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