Mastodawn

Yes, @dangillmor, I boosted what you wrote about the #WHCA. Another shamefully low point for the White House Correspondents' Association was when it hired comedian Amber Ruffin to perform at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, but then she was fired by a coward named Eugene Daniels who led the WHCA and who acted from his apparent fear of angering Donald Trump.
#media #intimidation #WeNeedMoreComedy

Spence Williams Mar 4

Mentalist Oz Pearlman is hosting the #WHCA White House Correspondents Dinner on April 25th so we should know why we’re at war with Iran by then. #ETTD #NoKings #IranWar

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/2026/02/26/white-house-correspondents-dinner-mentalist-oz-pearlman-host/88879048007/

White House Correspondents' Dinner taps mentalist Oz Pearlman as host

The White House Correspondents' Dinner will take a different approach this year, tapping mentalist Oz Pearlman to host rather than a comedian.

USA TODAY

Variety Mar 3

Trump Will Attend White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Ending Boycott

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://variety.com/2026/politics/news/trump-ends-whca-boycott-white-house-correspondents-dinner-1236677616/

Variety Mar 3

Trump Will Attend White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Ending Boycott
#Variety #News #PresidentTrump #WHCA #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsAssociation

https://variety.com/2026/politics/news/trump-ends-whca-boycott-white-house-correspondents-dinner-1236677616/

Trump Will Attend White House Correspondents' Dinner, Ending Boycott

Trump will attend the White House Correspondents' Association dinner for the first time since becoming president, ending his boycott.

Variety

RonSupportsYou Feb 26

RE: https://mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYou/116139507213132096

Paul Farhi wrote about this, saying: "An organization dedicated to the First Amendment seeks to avoid hiring an entertainer who might say something protected by the First Amendment."
#WHCA #media #cowardice #timidity

RonSupportsYou Feb 26

Last year the White House Correspondents' Association hired comedian Amber Ruffin to perform at their dinner, but then its cowardly leader Eugene Daniels fired her before she performed. This year cowardice at the WHCA continues: they are again too afraid to have a comedian perform at their dinner.
#media #timidity #entertainment #WHCA

Dorian Santner 🇦🇹Jul 23, 2025

"Der Versuch des Weißen Hauses, ein Medium zu bestrafen, dessen #Berichterstattung es nicht mag, ist höchst beunruhigend", protestierte die White House Correspondents' Association (#WHCA)

Das "Wall Street Journal" wurde von Trump auf 20 Mrd. US$ verklagt und wegen "verleumderischen Verhalten" aus dem Oval office verbannt.

Es hat zuvor über Trumps Verbindungen zu #Epstein berichtet.

#WSJ #USA #trump #pressefreiheit

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Nonilex Jul 22, 2025

The full US Court of Appeals for DC Circuit kept in place a June 6 decision by a divided 3-judge panel that the #Trump admin could legally restrict access to the #AP to news events in the Oval Office & other locations controlled by the White House including Air Force One.

The D.C. Circuit order denied the AP's request that it review the matter, setting up a possible appeal to the #SCOTUS.

#law #democracy #Constitution #FreeSpeech #FreePress #WHCA #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsAssociation

Nonilex Jul 22, 2025

WTF

US appeals court won't lift limits on #AssociatedPress #access to White House

A US appeals court on Tuesday declined to lift restrictions imposed by #Trump's admin on White House access by #AP #journalists after the #news organization declined to refer to the body of water long called the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America as he inanely prefers.

#law #democracy #Constitution #FreeSpeech #FreePress #WHCA #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsAssociation
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-appeals-court-wont-lift-limits-associated-press-access-white-house-2025-07-22/