Posted on 12/22/2016 12:05:50 PM PST by drewh
Poynter’s James Warren (a former Chicago Tribune managing editor) has turned to the next press horror under President Trump: “What will the White House correspondents’ dinner look like under President Trump?” Warren admitted “It seems way off — April 29, 2017 — but the election of Donald Trump is already raising questions and some fears among [White House Correspondents] association members.”
"This is unchartered [sic] territory," said a former WHCA board member who's discussed the matter with board members. "We've never had a businessman-reality TV star as president, somebody who understands the importance of this particular event."
That sounds a little odd, considering Obama and Bill Clinton understood this was an event where they could easily own the room. See the media adoration of Obama’s mic-drop routine earlier this year.
Liberal journalists now associate the dinner with journalists being too cozy with the power elite, and conservatives associate it with leftist comedians offering either a cauldron of acid for Republicans (Stephen Colbert trolling Bush) or a cauldron of acid for Republicans (Wanda Sykes sparing Obama).
Both these groups of critics would just call the whole thing off. Warren turned to the media to wonder about the future:
"Will this guy who sat here and took it in not altogether gracious fashion from President Obama sit there and take it as president of the United States while a comedian who is hired does what comedians normally do? Can he take it?" asks Bill Plante, just-retired CBS News White House correspondent and a former association president.
"And can he do (at the dinner) what presidents do, make fun of himself?"
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Plante asked exactly the wrong question. Trump came to the dinner and took his lumps from Obama and NBC's Seth Meyers in 2011. The better question is can the media take the ridicule? Can the media make fun of itself? The last year suggests they think any criticism is tantamount to Soviet authoritarianism. Warren’s story continued:
“It certainly has the potential to be a train wreck, and it’s possible that the Trump team would see that as a good thing," says Tom Goodman, president and chief executive of Goodman Media who was once head of communications at CBS News and CBS Inc.
"Regardless, I believe Donald Trump would absolutely show up and use the event to lambast the media, which would play into his ongoing narrative. I think the biggest difference between the current and next president (at this event) is that Barack Obama would be joking about the media, and Donald Trump would not — and he would name names, too."
That makes it sound like Republicans might really enjoy this dinner for a change.
Perfection!
He is quite the wordsmith, isn’t he?
She got evening gown and night gown confused it looks like.
Have you ever been to a Chick-fil-A?
I love the whole Chik-fil-A
Frankly I think Trump should show up with a belt fed weapon. But that’s just me. I’m kinda sentimental that way about the MSM.
“We’ve never had a businessman-reality TV star as president, somebody who understands the importance of this particular event.”
Laughable. If there was never another White House Press Correspondent’s dinner ever again then only ones who would miss it would be those who lust to be invited to it.
I believe that "living rent free in someone's head" comes under the classification of "Winning", which none of us are tired of yet.
Mark or Milo... I like it!
LOL
Good pics.
MK needs a boob implant.
In her brain.
OK I think we have this figured out - the dinner to be held in Oklahoma City (no offense to OCOK but its not DC. It’s better. Invite the usual White House correspondents but by then the ranks will be thinned and they will meet once a week in the deepest part of the old Senate office building. No donuts.
Milo and Mark Steyn will co-host the event. There will be rubber chicken and cheap wine. Wait, who pays for this?
Leni
Leni
We’ve not seen her for a long time. She went butch and shrill and got all too big for her britches.
He can't.
Let's get with the program, folks.
The dinner is sponsored by the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) and is organized and financed by the association.
The White House has NOTHING TO DO WITH THE EVENT'S STRUCTURE ITSELF except for some peripheral matters such as consultation on the president's speech, special guests, security, etc.
Leni
I therefore feel safe in assuming it's Megyn Kelly!
Leni
I’m with you - so-called journalists can have their ‘event’ but Republicans shouldn’t attend.
Why go to a Democrat PR Firm party?
Trump can’t call it off but I can’t think of one reason why any Republican should attend. Can you?
He should just come out, take the lectern and just glare at them, for about 10 minutes....never saying a word.
Just look at each of them one by one, until they look away.
Give them nothing to report.
Then tweet: “I have nothing to say to the most dishonest people on the planet. If I have anything to say to you, I’ll say it via Twitter.
Who’s the bimbo?
Larri?
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