Article in Status by Jon Passantino, 7/25/26
Headline: “The White House Correspondents’ Disgrace”
Subhead: “The WHCA sought to reconvene its annual dinner in celebration of press freedom. Instead. it handed Donald Trump a platform to attack the very journalists the organization exists to represent.”
“On Friday night, hundreds of journalists, dignitaries, and members of the Trump administration gathered in Washington for a do-over of the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. . .”
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Article by Jem Bartholomew in Columbia Journalism Review, 7/27/26
Headline: “A Tale of Two Speeches”
Subhead: “The press’s responsible handling of Trump’s incoherent speech about US election integrity contrasted starkly with Friday’s farcical WHCA dinner.”
“Ever since Donald Trump thudded onto the national political stage, the press has had a difficult time handling the frequency, magnitude, and outlandishness of his lies. . .”
“The thoughtfulness with which the press handled the July 16 speech was worlds apart from the farcical spectacle of the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner. . .”
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