Axios reporter Alex Thompson was recognized on Saturday by the White House Correspondents Association, receiving the Aldo Beckman Award for Overall Excellence for his work in exposing how President Joe Biden&#8217;s &#8220;cognitive decline was impacting his ability to do his job — information the White House tried to conceal.&#8221;
Moderator and host of NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; Kristen Welker presented the award to Thompson — who co-authored a book on Biden&#8217;s decline with CNN anchor Jake Tapper — prompting critics to point out the fact that Biden&#8217;s decline had been obvious long before his disastrous CNN debate against President Donald Trump and long before Thompson published a single report on the topic.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/AlexThomp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AlexThomp</a>: &#8220;President Biden&#8217;s decline and its coverup by the people around him is a reminder that every White House regardless of party is capable of deception&#8230;We, myself included, missed a lot of this story and some people trust us less because of it.&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/whcd?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#whcd</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nerdprom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#nerdprom</a> <a href="https://t.co/L9CtbB3HIZ">pic.twitter.com/L9CtbB3HIZ</a>
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&#8220;President Biden&#8217;s decline and its coverup by the people around him is a reminder that every White House regardless of party is capable of deception. But being truth tellers also means telling the truth about ourselves. We, myself included, missed a lot of this story and some people trust us less because of it,&#8221; Thompson said, suggesting that the blame for the coverup lay entirely with the Biden administration and that the press had been in the dark.
&#8220;We bear some responsibility for faith in the media being at such lows,&#8221; Thompson conceded, adding that honesty was required in order to rebuild trust. He went on to say that was doubly important because in the current climate, &#8220;people are struggling to figure out what&#8217;s true, and people with power are not telling the truth.&#8221;
&#8220;Alex and every single journalist cashing in on these sudden deceptive revelations has yet to explain this photograph,&#8221; Stephen L. Miller posted, sharing a picture of a Biden press briefing &#8220;cheat sheet&#8221; — complete with the reporter&#8217;s photo, name pronunciation key, and the question she was supposed to ask.
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Alex and every single journalist cashing in on these sudden deceptive revelations has yet to explain this photograph. <a href="https://t.co/QkdNeszKBg">pic.twitter.com/QkdNeszKBg</a>
&mdash; Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href="https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1916322801322991692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Why is it that everyone in America, if not the world, didn’t miss this story, but the one group of people who should have reported it (journalists), didn’t?&#8221; another posted.
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Why is it that everyone in America, if not the world, didn’t miss this story, but the one group of people who should have reported it (journalists), didn’t?
&mdash; Burt Macklin (@BurtMaclin_FBI) <a href="https://twitter.com/BurtMaclin_FBI/status/1916318937077219560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;@kwelkernbc you all didn’t &#8216;miss&#8217; the story. You consciously chose to cover it up. The latter is much worse and one of many reasons you’ve completely lost public trust,&#8221; another posted.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/kwelkernbc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kwelkernbc</a> you all didn’t “miss” the story. 
You consciously chose to cover it up.
The latter is much worse and one of many reasons you’ve completely lost public trust.
&mdash; IT Guy (@ITGuy1959) <a href="https://twitter.com/ITGuy1959/status/1916479018846634034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Hey @kwelkernbcnews, are you familiar with @nbcnews?&#8221; Larry O&#8217;Connor asked, sharing an NBC News headline that read, &#8220;Misleading GOP videos of Biden are going viral. The fact-checks have trouble keeping up.&#8221;
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Hey <a href="https://twitter.com/kwelkernbc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kwelkernbc</a>, are you familiar with <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBCNews</a>? <a href="https://t.co/xTfhIRqeWp">https://t.co/xTfhIRqeWp</a> <a href="https://t.co/yBahvyWeOD">pic.twitter.com/yBahvyWeOD</a>
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&#8220;It. Wasn’t. &#8216;Deception.&#8217; YEARS before Alex hitched his wagon to Jake Tapper to sell books, I wrote entire one in 2022 on Biden’s brain turning to applesauce. Enough of this ridiculous narrative already of the press playing the victim of being deceived. YOU ALL KNEW,&#8221; Joe Concha declared.
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It. Wasn’t. “Deception.” 
YEARS before Alex hitched his wagon to Jake Tapper to sell books, I wrote entire one in 2022 on Biden’s brain turning to applesauce. 
Enough of this ridiculous narrative already of the press playing the victim of being deceived. YOU ALL KNEW. <a href="https://t.co/sPq0pKFRjG">https://t.co/sPq0pKFRjG</a> <a href="https://t.co/PJjwL9hNXz">pic.twitter.com/PJjwL9hNXz</a>
&mdash; Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeConchaTV/status/1916467497403899965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Irony Meters Explode Over Award Presented At WHCD — And What It Was For

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Donald Trump

Joe Biden

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White House Correspondents’ Dinner

The White House Correspondents Association has dropped comedian Amber Ruffin from the annual dinner amid backlash over her recent comments about President Donald Trump and his administration.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich drew attention to the fact that Ruffin was scheduled to host — and that, during a Friday appearance on The Daily Beast podcast, she had referred to the Trump administration as &#8220;murderers&#8221; and had suggested that they should not be allowed to &#8220;feel human.&#8221;
&#8220;This year&#8217;s @whca dinner will be hosted by a 2nd rate comedian who is previewing the event by calling this administration &#8216;murderers&#8217; who want to &#8216;feel like human beings, but they shouldn’t get to feel that way, because you’re not,'&#8221; Budowich posted, sharing video of the podcast. &#8220;What kind of responsible, sensible journalist would attend something like this? More importantly, what kind of company would sponsor such as hate-filled and violence-inspiring event?&#8221;
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This year’s <a href="https://twitter.com/whca?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@whca</a> dinner will be hosted by a 2nd rate comedian who is previewing the event by calling this administration “murderers” who want to “feel like human beings, but they shouldn’t get to feel that way, because you’re not”
What kind of responsible, sensible journalist… <a href="https://t.co/tZCJS9fNOT">pic.twitter.com/tZCJS9fNOT</a>
&mdash; Taylor Budowich (@Taylor47) <a href="https://twitter.com/Taylor47/status/1905790231929934001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 29, 2025</a></blockquote>
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WHCA President Eugene Daniels followed that with a letter on Saturday, stating that the organization would not have a comedian at the dinner at all in the interest of not contributing further to the <a href="https://deadline.com/2025/03/white-house-correspondents-dinner-scraps-plans-amber-ruffin-1236354014/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">politics of division</a>. He did not clarify as to whether the White House&#8217;s complaint had played any role in that decision.
&#8220;As a first step, I wanted to share that the WHCA board has unanimously decided we are no longer featuring a comedic performance this year,&#8221; Daniels wrote in part. &#8220;At this consequential moment for journalism, I want to ensure the focus is not on the politics of division but entirely on awarding our colleagues for their outstanding work and providing scholarship and mentorship to the next generation of journalists.&#8221;
The WHCA also skipped the traditional comedic portion of the annual dinner in 2019, during Trump&#8217;s first term, after comedian <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-smacks-comedian-who-mocked-sarah-sanders-james-barrett" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michelle Wolf</a> trashed then White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders during her 2018 performance. &#8220;What’s Uncle Tom but for white women who disappoint other white women?&#8221; she said, among other caustic comments.

Netflix’s “Survival Of The Thickest” Season 2 Premiere

White House Correspondents Association Dumps Comedian After She Calls Trump Admin ‘Murderers’

White House Correspondents Association Dumps Comedian After She Calls Trump Admin 'Murderers'

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White House Correspondents Association

Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> delivered a scathing review of the annual <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/white-house-correspondents-dinner" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House Correspondents’ Dinner</a> (WHCD) that took place on Saturday evening in Washington, D.C.
The &#8220;Nerd Prom,&#8221; as the WHCD is known, featured quips targeted at Trump delivered by President Joe Biden and the event&#8217;s headliner, &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; star Colin Jost, while anti-Israel protesters <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/protesters-swarm-white-house-correspondents-dinner-drape-massive-palestinian-flag-from-hotel-window" target="_blank" rel="noopener">swarmed the streets</a> outside of the swanky affair.
&#8220;The White House Correspondents’ Dinner was really bad. Colin Jost BOMBED, and Crooked Joe was an absolute disaster! Doesn’t get much worse than this!&#8221; Trump said in a <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112347103611008954" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> to his Truth Social platform.
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The White House Correspondents’ Dinner was really bad. Colin Jost BOMBED, and Crooked Joe was an absolute disaster! Doesn’t get much worse than this!
Donald Trump Truth Social 01:05 AM EST 04/28/24
&mdash; Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpDailyPosts/status/1784463241021895060?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 28, 2024</a></blockquote>
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During his <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1784563464679346189" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarks</a>, Biden took repeated jabs at Trump, calling him &#8220;Sleepy Don&#8221; and alluding to the former president&#8217;s ongoing <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/28/stormy-weather-biden-skewers-trump-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner" target="_blank" rel="noopener">legal battles</a>. In addition, Biden used a quip to make light of voter <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nbc-news-unpacks-erosion-of-public-confidence-in-biden-on-a-number-of-critical-fronts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">concerns</a> about his age — 81 — to knock his political rival.
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WATCH: President Biden complete remarks at 2024 White House Correspondents&#39; Dinner.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WHCA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WHCA</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WHCD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WHCD</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nerdprom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#nerdprom</a> <a href="https://t.co/DHyHqW6S0y">pic.twitter.com/DHyHqW6S0y</a>
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&#8220;The 2024 election is in full swing and, yes, age is an issue. I&#8217;m a grown man running against a 6-year-old,&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;Well I feel great. I really feel great.&#8221;
Biden also sought to convey a more serious message concerning Trump allegedly being a threat to democracy and warning about &#8220;disinformation.&#8221; At the same time, Biden urged the media to <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/04/27/biden_to_media_im_not_asking_you_to_take_sides_im_asking_you_to_rise_up_to_the_seriousness_of_the_moment.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;rise up&#8221;</a> to the moment and uttered a series of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-complains-about-disinformation-while-spreading-disinformation-at-whcd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">partial truths and out-of-context quotes</a>.
Jost used his time at the podium to tell jokes as well, including one <a href="https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1784420119608697256" target="_blank" rel="noopener">directed</a> at Biden and his struggles to maintain the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-bleeding-support-from-black-men-in-crucial-swing-states-wsj-poll-finds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">support</a> of black voters in the run-up to the 2024 election.
&#8220;My &#8216;Weekend Update&#8217; co-anchor Michael Che was going to join me here tonight but in solidarity with President Biden I decided to lose all my black support,&#8221; he said.
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Jost got in some cracks aimed at Trump as well, <a href="https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1784412102339228157" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> at one point, &#8220;It&#8217;s after 10 p.m. &#8216;Sleepy Joe&#8217; is still awake while Donald Trump has spent the past week falling asleep in court every morning – though Fox News said he was just being anti-woke.&#8221;
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Colin Jost: &quot;My grandpa voted for decency and decency is why we&#39;re all here tonight. Decency is how we&#39;re able to be here tonight. Decency is how we&#39;re able to make jokes about each other and one of us doesn&#39;t go to prison after&#8230;&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WHCA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WHCA</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WHCD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WHCD</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nerdprom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#nerdprom</a> <a href="https://t.co/ti5bTkHQP7">pic.twitter.com/ti5bTkHQP7</a>
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Toward the end of his remarks, Jost got sentimental as he spoke about his late grandfather William Kelly, who was a firefighter in Staten Island, supporting Biden in the 2020 election.
&#8220;He voted for you and the reason that he voted for you is because you’re a decent man,&#8221; Jost <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1784418833916199075" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> to Biden. &#8220;My grandpa voted for decency and decency is why we’re all here tonight.&#8221;

Former President Donald Trump

Trump Roasts White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Says SNL Star ‘BOMBED’ And Biden Was ‘An Absolute Disaster’

Trump Roasts White House Correspondents' Dinner, Says SNL Star 'BOMBED' And Biden Was 'An Absolute Disaster'

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President Joe Biden used his bully pulpit at the annual White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner to warn journalists about the risks and dangers posed by &#8220;disinformation&#8221; — and spread a little disinformation of his own in the process.
During his brief remarks at Sunday evening&#8217;s dinner, Biden framed the 2024 presidential race as a choice that would determine whether democracy was &#8220;still the sacred cause of America,&#8221; suggesting that the answer to that question was no unless the people reelected him.
Biden went on to say that unless the people had the right information, they couldn&#8217;t make the right decision — and he called on journalists to &#8220;rise up to the seriousness&#8221; of the situation.
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Biden again calls on journalists to defend democracy (i.e. crush Republicans): 
&quot;Move past the horse race numbers and the gotcha moments, and the distractions, the sideshows that have come to dominate and sensationalize our politics and focusing on what&#39;s actually at stake. I… <a href="https://t.co/bdGSSCTgUr">pic.twitter.com/bdGSSCTgUr</a>
&mdash; Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1784415448349454574?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 28, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;On the third anniversary of January 6, I went to Valley Forge and I said the most urgent question of our time is whether democracy is still — is still the sacred cause of America. That is the question the American people must answer this year and you, the free press, play a critical role in making sure the American people have the information they need to make an informed decision,&#8221; Biden began.
Biden then turned to attack former President Donald Trump, delivering a series of partial truths and out-of-context quotes.
&#8220;The defeated former President has made no secret of his attack on our democracy he said he wants to be a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-a-stunning-act-of-bravery-the-atlantic-claims-trump-will-be-a-dictator" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dictator</a> on day one and so much more. He tells supporters he is the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-on-second-term-im-not-going-to-have-time-for-retribution" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revenge and retribution</a>. When in God&#8217;s name ever heard of another president say something like that? And he promised a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/medias-wall-to-wall-coverage-of-trump-bloodbath-comment-delivers-zero-context" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bloodbath</a> when he loses again,&#8221; Biden said.
He then pivoted back to the press, claiming that he was not asking them to &#8220;take sides&#8221; while pressing them to push back against Trump: &#8220;We have to take this seriously. Eight years ago, it could have been written off as just Trump talk but no longer, not after January 6. I&#8217;m sincerely not asking you to take sides, but asking a rise up to the seriousness of the moment.&#8221;
&#8220;Move past the horse race numbers and the gotcha moments, and the distractions, the sideshows that have come to dominate and sensationalize our politics and focusing on what&#8217;s actually at stake,&#8221; the president continued. &#8220;I think in your hearts, you know what&#8217;s at stake. The stakes couldn&#8217;t be higher every single one of us has roles to play — a serious role, to play in making sure democracy endures, American democracy. I have my role, but with all due respect, so do you. In the age of disinformation, credible information that people can trust is more important than ever and that makes you, and I mean this with the bottom of my heart, makes you more important than ever. So tonight, I&#8217;d like to make a toast — to a free press, to an informed citizenry, to an American where freedom and democracy endure. God bless America.&#8221;

President Biden Attends White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner

Biden Complains About ‘Disinformation’ — While Spreading Disinformation At WHCD

Misinformation

Anti-Israel protesters swarmed the streets surrounding Saturday evening&#8217;s White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner, shouting at attendees and draping a massive Palestinian flag from one of the windows of the host hotel.
Associated Press reporter Farnoush Amiri commented on the crowds waiting outside the venue, saying that the scene before her was very different than it had been in years past.
&#8220;This is my third year covering the WHCD as the designated AP reporter for the WH pool and I’ve never seen anything like this,&#8221; she said of the gathered protesters. &#8220;President Biden’s motorcade will likely drive by these crowds shortly.&#8221;
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This is my third year covering the WHCD as the designated AP reporter for the WH pool and I’ve never seen anything like this. President Biden’s motorcade will likely drive by these crowds shortly. <a href="https://t.co/ZnJjhCrmly">https://t.co/ZnJjhCrmly</a>
&mdash; Farnoush Amiri (@FarnoushAmiri) <a href="https://twitter.com/FarnoushAmiri/status/1784351159819333942?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Amiri also noted that President Joe Biden&#8217;s motorcade took a different route to the event than it had in years past — and her assumption was that they were attempting to avoid the protests as much as possible.
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Protesters carried signs referencing journalists who have reportedly been killed in Gaza.
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Scenes from outside the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WHCD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WHCD</a> where protesters are supporting a boycott called for by the colleagues of journalists killed in Gaza <a href="https://t.co/J3kJZUYU3g">pic.twitter.com/J3kJZUYU3g</a>
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Protesters attempted to surround attendees — among them Caitlyn Jenner — and confront them as they arrived, calling on journalists to boycott the event.
The protesters claimed they were there &#8220;to protest media complicity in genocide,&#8221; complaining that Palestinian journalists were being killed &#8220;with full U.S. backing&#8221; for reporting on the situation in Gaza.
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Caitlyn Jenner confronted by protestors at White House Correspondents Dinner.
They’re here “to protest media complicity in genocide” &amp; uplift calls from Palestinian journalists to boycott the event “as they are being targeted &amp; killed for doing their jobs, with full US backing.” <a href="https://t.co/OG7QLhl8zM">pic.twitter.com/OG7QLhl8zM</a>
&mdash; Prem Thakker (@prem_thakker) <a href="https://twitter.com/prem_thakker/status/1784355189102657990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The pro-Hamas crowd has arrived outside the White House Correspondent’s Dinner and is VERY upset about me filming them,&#8221; Katie Pavlich posted.
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The pro-Hamas crowd has arrived outside the White House Correspondent’s Dinner and is VERY upset about me filming them <a href="https://t.co/xEg3a8EPDR">pic.twitter.com/xEg3a8EPDR</a>
&mdash; Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) <a href="https://twitter.com/KatiePavlich/status/1784352438209663230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The Palestinian flag, according to witnesses, was draped from a window of the Washington Hilton just before President Joe Biden was expected to arrive at the venue.
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Demonstrators draped a massive Palestinian flag from the Washington Hilton just moments before POTUS is due for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WHCD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WHCD</a> <a href="https://t.co/lbEnXlugcy">pic.twitter.com/lbEnXlugcy</a>
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WUSA9 reporter Alexis Wainwright shared several videos of the protest, confirming that those present were calling for a boycott of the dinner.
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Protests still happening right now outside of the White House Correspondents dinner at the Washington Hilton on Connecticut Ave NW. 
They are calling for a boycott of this dinner. <a href="https://twitter.com/wusa9?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wusa9</a> <a href="https://t.co/M7VfYCiloo">pic.twitter.com/M7VfYCiloo</a>
&mdash; Alexis Wainwright (@AWainwrightTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/AWainwrightTV/status/1784383201852432551?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 28, 2024</a></blockquote>
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She also reported that at least one protester had been escorted away by police, prompting other protesters to yell at officers to let the person go.
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Now other protesters have come over to call for police to let the person who’s been taken into custody go. <a href="https://t.co/3oTHOSUu1K">pic.twitter.com/3oTHOSUu1K</a>
&mdash; Alexis Wainwright (@AWainwrightTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/AWainwrightTV/status/1784387235883651422?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 28, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Ousted MSNBC host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-gig-same-schtick-ousted-msnbc-host-takes-anti-israel-demands-to-the-guardian" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mehdi Hasan</a> publicly stated that despite attending the WHCD in the past, he would join with the anti-Israel protesters and sit this one out.
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I have attended the White House Correspondents Dinner for the past two years. I decided not to attend today’s dinner (which, to be clear, is hosted by DC journalists not the White House) in solidarity with under-fire Palestinian journalists in Gaza who have called for a boycott. <a href="https://t.co/HZ6v1m9RTq">https://t.co/HZ6v1m9RTq</a>
&mdash; Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mehdirhasan/status/1784248146375131248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Protesters Swarm White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Drape Massive Palestinian Flag From Hotel Window

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/megyn-kelly">Megyn Kelly</a> didn&#8217;t hold back when she weighed in on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chrissy-teigen">Chrissy Teigen</a> appearing at the 2023 White House correspondents&#8217; dinner, calling it &#8220;absolute humiliation&#8221; when the model showed up in a &#8220;non-existent dress.&#8221;
During the Sirius XM &#8220;The Megyn Kelly Show&#8221; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WiQOhw9h3SY">podcast</a> on Monday, the host slammed the 37-year-old for showing up to the event with &#8220;serfs&#8221; carrying the train of her barely-there dress.
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&#8220;Here she is with John Legend her husband,&#8221; Kelly said. &#8220;She has, by my count, three minions following her – that&#8217;s minions in her view – following her, holding the dress or the train of her non-existent dress.&#8221;
&#8220;I can see underwear, okay?&#8221; she added. &#8220;I can see London, I see France, I see Chrissy’s underpants, which nobody shows underpants at the White House correspondents&#8217; dinner. Okay Chrissy? They just don&#8217;t do it. And nobody shows up with serfs to carry their train which there shouldn&#8217;t be on your White House correspondents&#8217; dinner dress anyway, because it&#8217;s barely a formal event.&#8221;
&#8220;The elitism, the serfs behind her, the self importance, the aggrandizement of this fake, stupid event,&#8221; Kelly continued. &#8220;It just tells you everything you need to know…It&#8217;s an absolute humiliation that she tried that hard for the White House correspondents&#8217; dinner. She should be embarrassed.&#8221;
The former Fox News host wasn&#8217;t the only one who reacted to Teigen&#8217;s appearance, with many on social media slamming the model for &#8220;peak liberalism.&#8221;
&#8220;Far-left model Chrissy Teigen walking to the White House correspondents dinner with her servants trailing behind her to hold her dress,&#8221; one account posted. &#8220;This is what peak liberalism looks like.&#8221;
&#8220;The fact that [JohnLegend] and Chrissy Teigen walked passed climate activists to support a pro-corporate, pro-pollution president tells you everything you need to know,&#8221; another user wrote.&#8221;NOTHING they say regarding climate change should be taken seriously anymore. FRAUDS.&#8221;
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While another tweeted, &#8220;Chrissy Teigen forgot part of her dress tonight for the White House Correspondents dinner.&#8221;
The swimsuit model has responded to some of the comments, tweeting, &#8220;I&#8217;m all for some good s*** talking but this is a legitimately great dress.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/were-already-booing-you-megyn-kelly-torches-meghan-markle-following-reports-she-wont-be-attending-kings-coronation">&#8216;We&#8217;re Already Booing You&#8217;: Megyn Kelly Torches Meghan Markle Following Reports She Won&#8217;t Be Attending King&#8217;s Coronation</a>

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‘Absolute Humiliation’: Megyn Kelly Slams Chrissy Teigen Appearing At WHCD In ‘Non-Existent Dress’

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Daily Wire editor emeritus <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ben-shapiro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ben Shapiro</a> mocked the annual <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/white-house-correspondents-dinner" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner</a> (WHCD) on Monday for revealing why Americans can&#8217;t &#8212; and shouldn&#8217;t &#8212; trust the cozy relationship between big media and politicians.
“The WHCD is perhaps the best example of why Americans feel alienated by the Washington DC elite class – all of whom are supposed to be checks and balances on one another, but who are actually all part of the same blob,” Shapiro wrote in a Twitter thread.
The annual White House Correspondents Dinner was held Saturday evening in Washington, D.C., with journalists from major networks such as CBS and Fox News partying alongside numerous Republicans and Democratic leaders, including President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. The event also featured stars from sports, Hollywood, fashion, and elsewhere, such as actress Chrissy Teigen and WNBA star and former Russian prisoner Brittany Griner.
Biden attended for the second year in a row after the dinner was canceled in 2020 and 2021 because of COVID-19. Former President Donald Trump shunned the event for three years amid his adversarial relations with major media outlets in New York and Washington.
Shapiro took aim at some of the more blatant examples of what he dubbed the “blob” culture on display at the event.
“Hey look, it’s Joe Biden openly joking about the fact that he takes no questions – and the press are laughing uproariously as they give an award to a ‘journalist’ who writes sop pieces about him! Hey look, there’s [Republican National Committee chairwoman] Ronna McDaniel hanging with [Democratic National Committee chairman] Jaime Harrison!”
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Hey look, it&#39;s Joe Biden openly joking about the fact that he takes no questions &#8212; and the press are laughing uproariously as they give an award to a &quot;journalist&quot; who writes sop pieces about him! Hey look, there&#39;s Ronna McDaniel hanging with Jaime Harrison!
&mdash; Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1653025452410150918?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The journalist Shapiro referenced was Matt Viser of The Washington Post. The White House Correspondents Association, which hosts the WHCD, awarded Viser the Aldo Beckman Award for Overall Excellence in White House Coverage for his coverage of Biden, specifically Viser’s coverage of Biden’s faith.
“The judges said Matt Viser stood out among his competitors for work that went beyond the humdrum of covering the managed events of the presidency and the White House. Viser captured the spirit of Joe Biden, particularly with stories about the president’s brother and how his Catholic faith influenced his strategic vision of the office,” said Karen Travers, the White House correspondent for ABC News who announced the award.
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At <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WHCD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WHCD</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/washingtonpost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WashingtonPost</a>’s <a href="https://twitter.com/mviser?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mviser</a> gets award for how he “captured the spirit of Joe Biden, particularly with stories about the President’s brother and how his Catholic faith influenced his strategic vision of the office.” <a href="https://t.co/8FIzfAgflp">pic.twitter.com/8FIzfAgflp</a>
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Biden’s devotion to his Catholic faith often comes into question when he touts his support for policies such as abortion, gay marriage, and sex-change surgeries for minors. The contradictions between Biden’s politics and the tenets of his professed religion have been minimized in Viser’s stories.
“Biden is arguably the most observant president in decades, and his faith is a core part of his identity. He rarely misses Mass. He crosses himself in public. He quotes scripture, he cites hymns and he clutches rosary beads ahead of key decisions,” Viser wrote of Biden in a June 2021 <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-catholic-bishops/2021/06/18/acf576c0-d04a-11eb-a7f1-52b8870bef7c_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a>, which characterized Biden’s views as part of a “church battle between traditionalists and reformers.”
The WHCA award was the target of some mockery and criticism online.
“His faith you say? Just reflect on how the press treated VP Pence when it was revealed his wife was a teacher at a Christian school,” Hudson Institute senior fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs <a href="https://twitter.com/RLHeinrichs/status/1652764380226781188" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “It was like every newsroom discovered orthodox Christian views and lost their minds. But the faith of the president ‘overseeing’ the most anti-orthodox Christian secular admin in the nation’s history? charming.”
New York Post columnist Miranda Devine <a href="https://twitter.com/mirandadevine/status/1652668420649779204" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>: “Washington Post, speaking truth to power,” with a laughing emoji.
Viser also <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/31/jimmy-biden-president-brother/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on the president’s relationship with his brother, James, and some of James’ business deals and work with the president’s son, Hunter.

Ben Shapiro Rips White House Correspondents Dinner: DC Elites ‘All Part Of The Same Blob’

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Comedian Roy Wood Jr. slammed the media Saturday night during the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner for the difference in how it reported on the classified document scandals of former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know about you all but for me the easiest scandal to follow was the Trump documents scandal that was the one that was easy to follow,&#8221; Wood Jr. said. &#8220;It was simple, is some stuff that&#8217;s supposed to be in the White House that ain&#8217;t. In the media, you all did y&#8217;alls job. You all jumped on that story. As soon as the Trump document story broke, everybody was down at Mar-a-Lago. &#8216;We&#8217;re reporting live from the documents and we&#8217;re going to find them!'&#8221;
&#8220;And then we found out Joe Biden had documents too and it was like &#8216;oh, it&#8217;s not a big deal,'&#8221; he continued. &#8220;It&#8217;s not a big deal. Everybody got documents, everybody got documents, oh, look at Chinese spy balloon would you look at that. Well done media. Happy to be here. Very happy to be here.&#8221;
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An actual anti-media liberal bias zing from <a href="https://twitter.com/roywoodjr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@roywoodjr</a>: “As soon as the Trump document story broke, everybody was down at Mar-a-Lago reporting live&#8230;And then we found out Joe Biden had documents, too, and it was like ‘it’s not a big deal.’” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WHCD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WHCD</a> <a href="https://t.co/Wl0C2Vjx61">pic.twitter.com/Wl0C2Vjx61</a>
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Wood went on to mock Biden again over his age and some of the other scandals that he has faced.
&#8220;We have an 80-year-old man begging us for four more years of work, begging, begging. Let me finish the job. That&#8217;s not a campaign slogan. That&#8217;s a plea,&#8221; Wood said.
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&#8220;You&#8217;ve had quite a few scandals,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;You know, we know about the documents, we know about the laptops, but there&#8217;s been no scandal more damaging than the scandal of is Joe Biden awake?&#8221;

Comedian Blasts The Media For How It Covered Biden Document Scandal Vs. Trump Document Scandal

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/veteran-journalist-warns-about-most-dangerous-reporters-ahead-of-white-house-correspondents-dinner" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House Correspondents&#8217; Association</a> held its annual dinner Saturday night, an event meant to celebrate the First Amendment and raise money for journalism scholarships. Unfortunately for the press corps, its members didn&#8217;t realize President Joe Biden was laughing at the media — not with it — throughout the evening.
&#8220;In a lot of ways, this dinner sums up my first two years in office. I’ll talk for 10 minutes, take zero questions, and cheerfully walk away,&#8221; Biden said during his speech.
The president typically makes a number of wisecracks meant in good fun, but that one was a clear mockery of the so-called reporters who cover the president.
How did the 2,600 or so in attendance react? They all chuckled along, clapping like seals, unaware that they were the butt of the joke.
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BIDEN: “In a lot of ways, this dinner sums up my first two years in office. I’ll talk for ten minutes, take zero questions, and cheerfully walk away.” <a href="https://t.co/LBjHMpgsmQ">pic.twitter.com/LBjHMpgsmQ</a>
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Don&#8217;t take my word for it. Listen to senior CNN commentator and former Bush staffer Scott Jennings explain to his colleagues why they should be embarrassed.
&#8220;On Biden, the line that will stick with me is, ‘in a lot of ways, this dinner sums up my first two years in office, I’ll talk for 10 minutes, take zero questions, and cheerfully walk away,’&#8221; Jennings said on CNN Sunday morning.  &#8220;For the journalists in the room, he wasn&#8217;t laughing with you, he was laughing at you.&#8221;
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&#8220;The guy does not take questions, he’s up there joking about it,&#8221; Jennings <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-panelist-calls-out-biden-joke-never-taking-questions-press-laughing?intcmp=tw_fnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>. &#8220;I&#8217;m pro-reporter, and I think the President of the United States ought to have to talk to these reporters and not mock them.&#8221;
Indeed, think of all the alleged scandals that the White House press pool either ignores or covers late into the game: Hunter Biden&#8217;s laptop, Russiagate, the real status of the war in Ukraine, Biden&#8217;s classified documents, the Biden family making money off the family name and political access,  the weaponization of the Department of Justice and so many more.
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There was barely a mention of any of that on Saturday night, except for the emcee who actually made fun of the lapdog media for its double standard over former President Donald Trump&#8217;s handling of classified documents versus Biden&#8217;s.
&#8220;As soon as the Trump document story broke, everybody was down at Mar-a-Lago reporting live&#8230;And then we found out Joe Biden had documents, too, and it was like ‘it’s not a big deal,&#8221; Roy Wood, Jr. said, again making fun of the inadequate state of journalism.
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The crowd chortled again. Why? Because it&#8217;s true. They know that journalists, by and large, have a double standard.
That&#8217;s what makes Biden&#8217;s disrespect for the press so incredulous. He has to face friendly journalists, and he still avoids them. Imagine if America had an actual media complex that held the president accountable.
We don&#8217;t. Biden knows that, and he laughs right in their faces about it.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Welp, Saturday night is the annual &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/white-house-correspondents-association" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House Correspondents&#8217; Association Dinner</a>&#8221; and the Beltway media crowd is particularly elated because both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will be in attendance.
Most in attendance view themselves as the cornerstone of Democracy, when in actuality they are propagandists for the professional political class. But one veteran journalist is offering advice to his colleagues while cautioning Americans to watch out for what he dubs the &#8220;most dangerous&#8221; kind of reporter.
&#8220;The @WhiteHouse press corps is under harsh scrutiny as never before — just as we prepare to gather, chummily, with @POTUS for the @whca #WHCA dinner tonight,&#8221; Newsmax White House reporter James Rosen tweeted. &#8220;Here is what I think, based on twenty-five years in the Washington media, and as a reporter who aspires to objectivity.&#8221;
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The <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WhiteHouse</a> press corps is under harsh scrutiny as never before — just as we prepare to gather, chummily, with <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> for the <a href="https://twitter.com/whca?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@whca</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WHCA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WHCA</a> dinner tonight. Here is what I think, based on twenty-five years in the Washington media, and as a reporter who aspires to objectivity. —&gt;
&mdash; James Rosen (@JamesRosenTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/JamesRosenTV/status/1652333014901219330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Rosen praised many of his fellow press pool participants, acknowledging that they do actual journalism.
&#8220;But beware the reporters, in and beyond the @WhiteHouse, who believe themselves to be innately without bias and fearless pursuers of The Truth; they are the most dangerous, and often the most biased,&#8221; he tweeted. 
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(contd) But beware the reporters, in and beyond the <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WhiteHouse</a>, who believe themselves to be innately without bias and fearless pursuers of The Truth; they are the most dangerous, and often the most biased. —&gt;
&mdash; James Rosen (@JamesRosenTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/JamesRosenTV/status/1652333647347761154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Rosen also admonished the White House for their contempt of journalism. He seems to be the only member of the press, save maybe Peter Doocey and <a href="https://twitter.com/simonateba" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Simon Ateba</a>, who acknowledges that Biden and his lackeys, such as White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, treat the press with utter disdain. KJP rarely gives straightforward answers, the president shies away from off-the-cuff questions, and his team dreams about censoring so-called &#8220;misinformation&#8221; and squashing free speech.
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&#8220;The current  @WhiteHouse disrespects the press corps in ways large and small on a daily basis, and tonight we will hear @POTUS serve up syrupy platitudes about his respect for us and the critical role we play in American democracy,&#8221; Rosen tweeted. &#8220;It will be difficult to take. At least @realDonaldTrump, his own contempt for the press notwithstanding, stayed away from the dinner and spared us the hypocrisy.&#8221;
Rosen also had some advice for the current White House Correspondents Association president, Tamara Keith of NPR. In that role, she&#8217;ll give an address Saturday night at the dinner in Washington, D.C.
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&#8220;@tamarakeithNPR can make the usual jokes and nods to a blend of cordiality and adversarialism, the safe route—or she can use this moment to remind this @POTUS of his historic avoidance of the @WhiteHouse press corps and other damaging practices towards honest journalism,&#8221; he tweeted.
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(contd) <a href="https://twitter.com/tamarakeithNPR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@tamarakeithNPR</a> can make the usual jokes and nods to a blend of cordiality and adversarialism, the safe route—or she can use this moment to remind this <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> of his historic avoidance of the <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WhiteHouse</a> press corps and other damaging practices towards honest journalism.…
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Well, to be blunt, Rosen&#8217;s caution about lapdog media who simply regurgitate Democratic talking points is refreshing., but from an outsider&#8217;s perspective, that comprises roughly 90% of corporate media. As for whether NPR&#8217;s Keith holds Biden accountable Saturday night, NPR&#8217;s coverage of the presidency doesn&#8217;t lend one to believe that will be the case. But, here&#8217;s to hoping.
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Veteran Journalist Warns About ‘Most Dangerous’ Reporters Ahead Of White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Veteran Journalist Warns About 'Most Dangerous' Reporters Ahead Of White House Correspondents Dinner

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki declined to answer on Sunday what it was like to be made fun of by Trevor Noah during the White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner last week.
During an interview on Fox News with host Howard Kurtz, Psaki also repeatedly tried to downplay President Joe Biden&#8217;s (D) lack of media interviews and press conferences, claiming that he &#8220;speaks to the American people nearly every day.&#8221;
Psaki tried to dismiss the negative news cycles that the administration faces, saying, &#8220;We can&#8217;t determine what the media decides to cover, of course, that&#8217;s not our role. We&#8217;re not in China and Russia.&#8221;
Later in the interview, Psaki was asked about what it was like being made fun of by Noah last week when he brought up her apparent upcoming move over to MSNBC.
&#8220;The word on the streets is actually that Jen Psaki is going to MSNBC next month,&#8221; Noah <a href="https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/2022-white-house-correspondents-association-dinner-transcript">said</a>. &#8220;Apparently, just being on CSPAN, the ratings were too high and she wanted more of a challenge. Wanted to switch things up. She can’t laugh at that. Don’t put the camera on her. If it’s true, congratulations to Jen on your big career change. But, moving to MSNBC is going to be a big switch up for you because right now your current job is to make the Biden administration look as good as possible at all costs. Now, you’re going to be at MSNBC and you’re going to have to… You’ll be fine actually. Sorry.&#8221;
&#8220;Well, I have nothing to say about what I am going to do in the future, aside from it&#8217;s now been announced that I will be departing the White House next week, I have a lot of emotions about that,&#8221; Psaki responded. &#8220;They&#8217;re all filled together at once. I&#8217;m going to sleep. I&#8217;m going to read a lot of books. I&#8217;m going to watch a lot of movies I haven&#8217;t seen. What I will say is that you couldn&#8217;t have done my job. I don&#8217;t think anybody could do this job as White House press secretary if they didn&#8217;t value the role of the press and the media. And I do. Even on days where we disagree, on days we debate.&#8221;
Psaki later claimed that she was a good sport about being made fun of by Noah.

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When COVID-19 first came ashore in America — long before scientists really knew anything about the coronavirus — the top brains said in one breathless voice: Wash your hands!
The big dogs said wash, wash, wash, maybe wear gloves, don’t touch your face, blah blah blah. Yeah, no. Turns out there’s almost no surface transmission of COVID-19. Nearly none.
Now, you would think that the smart people running things (they must be smart ’cause they’re running things, right?) would’ve said, “Hang on, let’s study this thing first, collect some data, and then come up with some conclusions and courses of action.”
But no, instead, everyone was saying everything all at the same time — and the mainstream media was laughing all the way to the bank. “It turns out the pandemic is a pretty big part of the news cycle and that’s not going away anytime soon,” WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar said in March 2021. “It turns out it’s really good for ratings.”
If it bleeds it leads, amirite?
Before the fact-checkers get their undies in a wad, let’s be clear: COVID-19 was pretty bad (for old and fat people and those with comorbidities). It did kill 993,996 Americans as of Tuesday (and if you’re keeping score at home, 596,599 came on President Biden’s watch).
For the record, 925,931 of those deaths were people 50 years old and older. And if you go “classic old” (65 and above), it turns out nearly 7 in 10 deaths (74.4) were in that age bracket. So yes, mostly “old” people.
So it’s bad, but eh, not that bad. There are 320 million people in America, so we’re talking less than a third of 1%. For comparison, COVID-19 has killed 6.3 million people worldwide; the 1918 influenza pandemic killed at least 50 million, with some estimates running as high as 100 million.
But let’s get to the real Debbie Downer of the pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. immunologist.
Back in March 2020, Fauci declared, “There’s no reason to be walking around with a mask.”
“When you’re in the middle of an outbreak, wearing a mask might make people feel a little bit better and it might even block a droplet, but it’s not providing the perfect protection that people think that it is,” the doctor said on CBS News.
Yeah, so, wrong. Turns out it’s mostly airborne.
Then this in January 2021, Fauci said wearing two masks is likely more effective than wearing one. “If you have a physical covering with one layer, you put another layer on it, just makes common sense that it likely would be more effective,” he told NBC News.
Duh. Wrong again. In fact, mask-wearing has been proven to be barely effective, especially with the <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/01/05/cloth-masks-not-effective-omicron-covid/9091574002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Omicron variant</a>.
Jump to last week. Fauci declared on Tuesday that the “pandemic phase” is over. But that was refuted the next day — by Fauci. Yup, the doc walked it all back — maybe after a miffed Biden got to him — and said, “by no means does that mean the pandemic is over.”
Then this: Fauci announced on Thursday he would not attend the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, which was held Saturday. Fauci was invited by ABC News “and had planned on going,” CNN reported, but he “decided to abandon those plans and inform ABC that he would no longer attend because of an individual assessment of his own personal risk.”
Yup, 2,500 people in a room is too scary for the immunologist — but that didn’t keep him from attending the swanky white-tie Gridiron gala last month.
Forget all that. You’re in the Fauci Vortex, where up is down.
Finally, (hypocrisy alert) a maskless Fauci was photographed attending a packed pre-dinner brunch on Saturday afternoon. And we’ve been to that brunch in years past — it’s packed to the gills. In fact, Fauci was snapped schmoozing it up all over the brunch, all with maskless garden party goers. He do get around, don’t he?
And now, after all that, Fauci is back to his doomsday predictions about another wave of death and destruction from whatever variant is out there now.
Comedian David Spade summed it all up in a show he did Sunday just outside Washington. Speaking as Fauci, he warned, “We have no data now, but it’s gonna be worse! It’s gonna be worse than Rocky 5!”
Now that we all know just what a hypocrite Fauci is, the question must be asked: When will he just go away? He’s 81, the highest-paid employee in the entire federal government (he gets more than the president), and he keeps getting everything wrong — and not practicing what he preaches, just like all Democrats have done from the beginning.
It’s time to go, Dr. Grouchy. We’re finally — finally — onto you.
The views expressed in this piece are the author&#8217;s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Joseph Curl covered the White House for a dozen years and ran the Drudge Report for four years. He can be reached at josephcurl@dailywire.com and on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/josephcurl">@JosephCurl</a>. A version of this article ran previously in The Washington Times.

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