Posted on 04/28/2025 5:11:39 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
On Saturday night, as legacy media journalists crowded into the Washington Hilton for the annual White House Correspondents Dinner, the mood was somber. The White House Correspondents’ Association decided to omit its usual comedic performance this year, reportedly because the Trump administration complained about the scheduled host. The association said that they wanted “to ensure the focus is not on the politics of division,” so journalists sat quietly while awards and speeches were given.
It did not make for an exciting scene. “It was all NPCs,” says Alice Ma, using a term that describes non-playable characters in a video game. Ma, the Gen Z co-founder of Mad Realities — the social-media based TV network behind shows like Shop Cat and Hollywood IQ — was in town for the weekend’s festivities, and while she didn’t attend the dinner, she witnessed the scene beforehand at the Hilton. “There was a weird corporate energy. It felt like a funeral.”
Five minutes up the road, at the Line hotel, hundreds of influencers, YouTube stars, newsletter writers, podcasters, Gen Z founders, and political personalities celebrated the death of old media at a counterparty hosted by newsletter platform Substack. They sipped cocktails and noshed on parmesan fries in front of a giant replica White House press podium. That party, Ma said, had “a new energy. People are building and charging new ground. At the Hilton it was like, oh my god, are you guys OK?”
Traditionally, the WHCD weekend has been a celebration dominated by legacy media. Old school broadcast networks, print journalists, and political insiders gathered to hobnob and network. The central events of the weekend were hosted by organizations like CBS, ABC, CNN, and...
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Excellent!
Again?
Taylor Lorenz? She normally is punching down on these people.
“There was a weird corporate energy. It felt like a funeral.”
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Like cats, they have 9 lives.
Taylor Lorenz, a Charlie Manson fan girl, got pushed out from WaPo for being too crazy. She is a COVID germaphobe.
That creature on the left looks like a Neanderthal.
The creature on the right looks like a man!
A Neanderthal with fingernail glitter.
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Posted on 4/27/2025, 8:18:28 AM by PJ-Comix
President Trump missed a golden opportunity to humiliate the so-called legacy media by not attending this event.
Gay and Gay
Let the death knell ring loud and clear for mainstream media.
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OMG, we missed out! But our "work" was not in vain!
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