memeorandum: Declining standards on the media menu at White House Correspondents' dinner (Washington Examiner)

10:20 AM ET, April 29, 2018

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Why Trump's snubbing of White House correspondents' dinner matters — Trump's thinly veiled attack on Wash Post — For a second straight year, President Trump is using the White House Correspondents' Association's annual dinner to wage his war on the reporters who cover him.

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Washington Examiner:

Declining standards on the media menu at White House Correspondents' dinner — Members of the press will treat themselves Saturday evening to drinks and selfies with vaguely familiar celebrities before sitting down for dinner and a comedy routine presented by “The Daily Show” alum Michelle Wolf.

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

At the White House correspondents' dinner, the buzz was reduced to a snore — until Michelle Wolf showed up … There were no sitcom actors. No Olympians or supermodels or Real Housewives, either. Even some of the usual high-profile media names were missing, too. And for the second consecutive year, so was the president.

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Quint Forgey / Politico:

Trump vilifies ‘dishonest’ press at Michigan rally — For the second consecutive year, President Donald Trump vilified the American press at a campaign-style rally orchestrated to effectively counter-program an annual dinner in Washington, D.C., celebrating the work of White House journalists.

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Washington Post:
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
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Lesley Wroughton / Reuters:
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Emmet Livingstone / Politico:

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John Kass / Chicago Tribune:

Column: England's Baby Alfie and the politics of life — Supporters hang balloons and posters in support of British toddler Alfie Evans on a bus stop in Liverpool, north-west England on April 26, 2018. (Oli Scarff / Getty-AFP) — When we're having dinner as a family …