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No more White House correspondents' dinner?
« on: February 06, 2017, 09:05:48 AM »
Now, given President Trump’s disparagement of the news media as Enemy No. 1 —
“scum,” don’t you know — the idea of this show going on is an even worse idea. (Reminder: Trump’s chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon recently opined that the press “should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while.”)

And, indeed, over the past week, some cracks appeared in the event’s foundation:

Onstage at George Washington University, Trump’s press secretary said he didn’t know whether the president would attend.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/cancel-dinner-plans-send-nerd-prom-to-the-history-books/2017/02/05/556c31fa-e995-11e6-bf6f-301b6b443624_story.html