Samantha Bee Will Host a Shadow White House Correspondents' Dinner
To a moment defined by “alternatives,” TBS’s <em>Full Frontal</em> is adding one more: the alternative event.
by Megan Garber
Jan 30, 2017
3 minutes
This weekend, in response to the events of the first week of the Trump presidency, Change.org posted a petition. It was written by M. Scullion of Bethlehem, Pa.; it arose, Scullion wrote, in response to recent “attacks on a pillar of our democracy, the independent press.” Its proposal? The cancellation of the 2017 White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
As Scullion explained of the annual Washington gala,
This event will give the White House yet another opportunity to strengthen its narrative
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