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Trump often insults female reporters who ask him tough questions.

Frank Conniff wrote: "For me, the worst part is when Trump says 'You’re fake news,' then he points to another reporter saying 'go ahead,' and she jumps right in, ignoring his disrespecting her profession. It’s every hack for themselves in this cesspool." White House correspondents continue to make this mistake which makes them look like hacks.
#media #WHCA #selfrespect #values

"Jon Stewart has the perfect response to Trump's White House Correspondents' Dinner roast"
where Trump's jokes often fell flat. Jon said: "You know, normally I'd say 'don't quit your day job,'
but in this case I will make an exception."
#humor #WHCA #politics

RE: https://mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYou/116994264937926673

When Donald Trump often insults women reporters, the other reporters stay silent instead of supporting the women who Trump insulted. This may be due to their cowardice, insecurity, and lack of self-respect.
#media #ethics #WHCA

James Tate shared this question about the White House Correspondents' Association dinner where Donald Trump spoke: "Can any journalist who attended it explain why you chose to sit there and listen to a sick, terrible person harassing your own people? Why didn't you just get up and leave? Why don't you stand up for each other?"
#media #ethics #CommonSense #WHCA

"The White House Correspondents’ Disgrace. 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":
https://www.status.news/p/the-white-house-correspondents-disgrace #media #ethics

"The New York Times chief White House correspondent Peter Baker said it is time for the White House Correspondents’ Association to rethink its annual dinner with the president, after the event with Pres. Donald Trump did not advance the First Amendment":
https://www.mediaite.com/media/top-nyt-reporter-calls-on-journos-to-rethink-annual-white-house-correspondents-dinner-after-trump/ #media #WHCA

@newsguyusa

The #WHCA wearing holes in the knees of their pants, servicing #DonaldTrump on demand

As always

No surprise there

Donald Trump Delivers Rally-Like Hour Of Rehash In White House Correspondents’ Dinner Speech
#News #Politics #DonaldTrump #ElectionLine #WHCA #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsAssociation #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner

https://deadline.com/2026/07/trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner-2-1237002716/

RE: https://mastodon.online/@xankarn/116043900122478228

Also applies to the endless attacks on journalism and journalists. #WHCA

Trump Says White House Correspondents Dinner Is ‘Largest Group of Trump Derangement Syndrome People Ever Put Together at One Time’
#Variety #News #DonaldTrump #WHCA #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner-remarks-1236820779/

Will Dear Leader fall asleep at the White House Correspondents' Dinner tonight?

#USPol #WHCA #WHCADinner

Journalists Call On WHCA To “Forcefully Stand Up For Freedom Of The Press” In Front Of Donald Trump As He Attends Rescheduled Dinner
#News #Politics #DonaldTrump #ElectionLine #FirstAmendment #LisaStark #WHCA #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsAssociation #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner

https://deadline.com/2026/07/trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner-media-attacks-2-1236999377/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYou/116912657356065640

Carla Marinucci: "The White House Correspondents Association needs to stand for something. Hosting a President who has shown unprecedented hostility to the press is absolutely spineless." #WHCA

Rick Reilly: "As a reporter, I'm so disappointed by the men of the White House press corps. They let Trump constantly bully women reporters. In sports, we stood up for each other. I once got into a brawl with a University Miami assistant coach over the sexist way he treated a female writer."
#WHCA #media #values

Exclusive: #IranWar may have motivated #Trump #WHCD #shooting suspect, US #intelligence report finds

#DHS identified the #US - #Israel #war with #Iran as a potential motive for the man accused of attempting ​to assassinate Trump & senior members of his admin at a #WHCA gala last month, according to an ‌intelligence report sent to state & local law enforcement nationwide & other federal agencies.

#law #GunControl #GunLaws #RedFlagLaws
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/iran-conflict-may-have-motivated-trump-dinner-shooting-suspect-us-intelligence-2026-05-06/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

One good idea from the Truth Tellers Conference: when Trump calls a reporter "Piggy" to her face, all of the reporters there should immediately walk out, as a sign that Trump insulting them is unacceptable, but White House reporters are too cowardly to do this. Maybe one of them could grow a spine and follow this advice.
#media #WHCA #sexism #solidarity #values

Commentary from #WillBunch on the #WHCA dinner makes me shudder. Gift link. https://share.inquirer.com/cTfJlb

John Hinckley shot President Reagan outside this hotel 45 years ago. This does not make him an expert on either the hotel or Secret Service protocols. Nevertheless, here is The Hill treating Hinckley as a subject expert. He has nothing particularly helpful to say — and why would he?

Clicks, clicks, clicks.

https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5852345-john-hinckley-washington-hilton-white-house-correspondents-association/

#journalism #clickbait #whcd #whca

“Adopting Trump’s Voice” [IOW #Trump dictated the DOJ’s filing] #DOJ Asks Judge to Let #Ballroom Proceed

The court filing links the security breach at the #WHCD to the lawsuit over Trump’s ballroom project.

[problematically for this argument is that the WHCD CANNOT be held at the White House — idiots! -- the #WHCA is a #PrivateOrganization, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. And the White House has NEVER been rented out for private events.]

#law #independence
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/us/elections/ballroom-filing-trump-truth-social.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Jon Stewart explained the theme of this year's White House Correspondents' Association dinner: "Let's hold a dinner where the free press is celebrating an Administration that's doing everything in its power to destroy it."

Jon Stewart continued: "The White House Correspondents' Association dinner was supposed to be an evening of fun and merriment until, as most things in America, it was interrupted by gun fire."
#TheDailyShow #media #humor #GunControl #politics #WHCA

The grift never stops. The White House Correspondence Dinner had ~2600 guests. President Trump’s White House Ballroom will have a capacity of 1000 guests.

This isn’t a governmental event, and it wouldn’t be held at the WH either way. Ignoring that, the ballroom isn’t even a viable venue for the event!

#uspol #whca

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#news #arts

Steve Herman: “I have a few suggestions: Get rid of the entertainers, limit the appearance of US presidents to those already out of office who can sit at the round tables and mingle with aspiring presidential candidates. Put the award recipients, including the scholarship winners, at the head table. Create a new award honoring the past year’s top defenders of free speech.”
#whca #PressFreedom #1A
https://open.substack.com/pub/newsguy/p/from-harding-to-havoc-how-the-whca?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=ecpv