Weija Jiang's statement actually made me laugh: "We are back, we will not be intimidated, we refuse to let an act of violence have the final word."
As if this self-important, superficial, elective social event were an act of bravado rather than a pompous conceit. Imagine thinking you're mustering courage and defiance against an act of violence by hosting a dinner in honor of the man who has brought so much violence to the world, to the economy, to our discourse, to our civil rights and even to the physical structure of the White House.
Her statement and this entire event are the perfect window onto our feckless, ossified national media.
The WHCA is spineless and feckless. It and its members don't deserve to be called journalists of any sort. What do we gain from their work? Stenography? No. Not even that. These glorified hangers-on are sane-washing and normalizing the treason of the Koch-backed Trump administration. Others have said, and I agree: The audience should have walked out the minute Trump took the microphone. Oh, except for Faux News.
Weija Jiang's statement actually made me laugh: "We are back, we will not be intimidated, we refuse to let an act of violence have the final word."
As if this self-important, superficial, elective social event were an act of bravado rather than a pompous conceit. Imagine thinking you're mustering courage and defiance against an act of violence by hosting a dinner in honor of the man who has brought so much violence to the world, to the economy, to our discourse, to our civil rights and even to the physical structure of the White House.
Her statement and this entire event are the perfect window onto our feckless, ossified national media.
"the United States just fell to 64th in the world on press freedom" should be a headline everywhere. Except, oh yeah, the lack of press freedom.
The WHCA is spineless and feckless. It and its members don't deserve to be called journalists of any sort. What do we gain from their work? Stenography? No. Not even that. These glorified hangers-on are sane-washing and normalizing the treason of the Koch-backed Trump administration. Others have said, and I agree: The audience should have walked out the minute Trump took the microphone. Oh, except for Faux News.
Happy to be a Subscriber, Onward Parker ~w.