The White House correspondents\u2019 dinner has always been a questionable affair. It\u2019s even more worrying under an anti-press administration<\/p>\n
Even in the pre-Trump era, I had reservations about the annual black-tie celebration in Washington that some have dubbed \u201cthe nerd prom\u201d but is more formally known as the White House correspondents\u2019 dinner.<\/p>\n
Was it really a wise idea, I wondered, for Washington DC journalists and their bosses to chum around with the very government officials that they were supposed to be covering? Shouldn\u2019t reporters maintain some critical distance? What about the \u201coptics\u201d of this much-publicized event (and the week of gala festivities surrounding it) that made journalists appear frivolous about holding the government accountable to the public? Given the American public\u2019s rock-bottom trust in traditional media, hasn\u2019t this annual, televised display worsened that problem?<\/p>\n
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