Hot Air » White House Correspondents Dinner http://hotair.com The world’s first, full-service conservative Internet broadcast network Fri, 24 May 2013 02:41:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Open thread: Politicians, media gather in D.C. to celebrate politicians, media http://hotair.com/archives/2013/04/27/open-thread-politicians-media-gather-in-d-c-to-celebrate-politicians-media/ http://hotair.com/archives/2013/04/27/open-thread-politicians-media-gather-in-d-c-to-celebrate-politicians-media/#comments Sat, 27 Apr 2013 23:01:36 +0000 Allahpundit http://hotair.com/?p=257688

Showtime.

Ed had his say about the WHCD earlier this afternoon and I’ve had mine, over and over, in various annual threads since 2006. Let me add two thoughts. One: For better and for worse, the atmosphere is different when there’s a Republican in office than when there’s a Democrat. When the GOP holds the White [...]

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]]> http://hotair.com/archives/2013/04/27/open-thread-politicians-media-gather-in-d-c-to-celebrate-politicians-media/feed/ 496 Video: Conan O’Brien to host WHCA “nerd prom” http://hotair.com/archives/2013/02/21/video-conan-obrien-to-host-whca-nerd-prom/ http://hotair.com/archives/2013/02/21/video-conan-obrien-to-host-whca-nerd-prom/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:41:14 +0000 Ed Morrissey http://hotair.com/?p=245751

Clown show.

Not so long ago, the White House Correspondents Dinner actually served a good purpose. It allowed for a more human connection between a President and the tough media professionals clamoring to hold him accountable for his exercise of power. The last time Conan O’Brien hosted it, that made sense, and now he’s back again for [...]

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]]> http://hotair.com/archives/2013/02/21/video-conan-obrien-to-host-whca-nerd-prom/feed/ 51 Tom Brokaw: The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is contributing to public distrust of the media http://hotair.com/archives/2012/05/07/tom-brokaw-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner-is-contributing-to-public-distrust-of-the-media/ http://hotair.com/archives/2012/05/07/tom-brokaw-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner-is-contributing-to-public-distrust-of-the-media/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 22:34:57 +0000 Allahpundit http://hotair.com/?p=194594

"If there’s ever an event that separates the press from the people it’s supposed to serve, symbolically, it’s that one."

Via Mediaite, I’m second to none in my contempt for this freak show but it’s bugging me that Brokaw’s indictment has been so well received. Does anyone really believe that the vast majority of the public even knows what the WHCD is, let alone has some strong ethical objection to it? In a way, his [...]

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What could go wrong?

In lieu of a Quotes of the Day, your obligatory open thread for political media’s favorite annual freak show. A partial guest list: George Clooney, Allen West, Steven Spielberg, Eric Holder, Kate Upton, David Petraeus, Kim Kardashian, Ray Odierno, Lindsay Lohan, Leon Panetta, Meghan McCain, Rand Paul, Sandra Fluke (the last two at the same [...]

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