Day 37 WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS DINNER
It all comes back to the 2011 Correspondents Dinner. Please take a look at this clip, DT is seething. Did this night help shape his hatred for Obama and the media. Sure, he hated Obama before then but this level of humiliation was the beginning of his revenge…a man driven by his vindictiveness.
“Donald Trump was the focus of President Obama’s jokes at the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner. It was there that Trump resolved to run for president, adviser Roger Stone tells FRONTLINE in “The Choice 2016,” coming to PBS Sept. 27.”
It is no surprise that DT is avoiding the WH Correspondents dinner this year. His war on the media is an embarrassment and I can only imagine attending would have been like walking into the lions den as the lion tamer–if the lions has been abused for month after month. It will be interesting to see how the night plays out. Samantha Bee was planning an alternative event on the same night, I wonder if if they will combine events and roast DT eventhough he is not in attendance.
I will not be attending the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner this year. Please wish everyone well and have a great evening! (2)
Yah, no way he wrote that–way too polite.
Many had planned to boycott and Vanity Fair, the New Yorker and Bloomberg had cancelled their parties that usually draw a celebrity crowd and plenty of press. It will be interesting to see what the event turns into now. I imagine it will be a good show.
I hope they use this opportunity to celebrate Freedom of the Press and the field of journalism.
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Resources:
Trump to skip White House correspondents’ dinner: ‘No reason for him to go in and sit and pretend’, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/02/25/trump-will-not-attend-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner/?utm_term=.ffb680fb01a4
Trump Plans to Skip White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, https://nyti.ms/2lHpVPg
Day 35 WHITE HOUSE BANS PRESS
DTs war against the Press is really his war against reality. It is his way of controlling the press and the information you have access to. What should be reported? When? How? Who should be given access? Restricting Freedom of the Press is a violation of the FIRST AMENDMENT of the Constitution. Freedom of the press is the backbone of Democracy.
“The press was to serve the governed, not the governors.”
—U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black in New York Times Co. v. United States (1971)
The freedom of the press, protected by the First Amendment, is critical to a democracy in which the government is accountable to the people. A free media functions as a watchdog that can investigate and report on government wrongdoing. It is also a vibrant marketplace of ideas, a vehicle for ordinary citizens to express themselves and gain exposure to a wide range of information and opinions.
Today, just this afternoon, the White House banned NYTimes, CNN, and Politico from attending Spicey Spicers Press Conference. The Times and the Associated Press choose not to attend in protest. Bat$*** crazy Brietbart was allowed entrance…nothing wrong with that (insert large eye roll)
The time is NOW, RISE UP, my friends or it will be too late.
Resources:
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech/freedom-press
White House Bars Times and 2 Other News Outlets From Briefing, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/us/politics/white-house-sean-spicer-briefing.html