And these events really were never traditionally for broadcast TV.
Exactly.
And from what I've been told by folks that attended the Correspondent's dinner in years past things have been tamed immensely because of the broadcast.
Some people just don't understand.
I've attended many of these type functions over the years - you do not belong there if you are the least offended by the slightest of off-color joke. Most folks who know me consider me to be an upstanding citizen, a conservative and a good wife and mother and I always loved those functions.