Already Vanity Fair and the New Yorker have canceled their annual parties associated with the April 29 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, according to the New York Times. And comedian Samantha Bee is planning an alternative event, billed as “Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.”President Barack Obama drops the microphone after speaking at the 2016 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. (Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)Now calls are beginning to emerge for an outright boycott of the dinner, which ostensibly highlights the work of journalists but is traditionally headlined by the man in the Oval Office. They’re not really boycotting the dinner.”At the dinner, awards are given to top White House correspondents, and scholarships are presented to students pursuing careers in media. The White House Correspondents’ Association has not yet announced its entertainment lineup for the evening, which traditionally features a comedian roasting the president, the media and other A-listers in the room.

Source: Washington Post February 04, 2017 22:31 UTC