White House Correspondents' Dinner takes comedy off the menu
by Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times
Nov 23, 2018
4 minutes
When the White House Correspondents' Assn. announced this week that a historian, not a comedian, would host its annual dinner, it seemed as if the country barely shrugged at the news.
It was, after all, one among countless Washington traditions rendered road kill under the wheels of a protocol-crushing president. In other words, it was Monday.
And the media was focused on bigger issues: the fire in Paradise, Calif., CNN's court victory in getting banned correspondent Jim Acosta's White House press credentials restored, and the release of CIA findings that Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated on orders from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Trump
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