Trump stands up US media in annual dinner dateBy The Manila Timeshome/News/World/Trump stands up US media in annual dinner dateWASHINGTON : It’s meant to be the annual Washington love-in, a dinner where White House journalists and the president yuck it up in a hotel ballroom. Members of the White House Correspondents’ Association, or WHCA, will be decked out in bow ties and gowns at the downtown Washington Hilton. “Killing the White House Correspondents’ Dinner,” runs the headline of a Columbia Journalism Review article amounting to an obituary for the formerly revered fixture. The press briefing room in the White House, which used to see nearly daily Q&A sessions under previous presidents, has been all but abandoned. When they’re not being ignored, White House journalists can expect to hear abuse.

Source: Manila Times April 27, 2019 16:30 UTC