Instead, speakers at the dinner promoted press freedom and responsibility and challenged Trump's accusations of dishonest reporting. Watergate reporters Bob Woodward, centre, and Carl Bernstein, right, approach the podium as White House Correspondents' President Jeff Mason looks on. (Cliff Owen/Associated Press)The evening was not without humour aimed at the press and Trump. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Harrisburg, Pa., on Saturday, the same night as the dinner. The correspondents' dinner was briefly upstaged Saturday afternoon when late-night TV star Samantha Bee of Full Frontal pulled in celebrities for the first Not the White House Correspondents' Dinner, among them Alysia Reiner of Orange Is the New Black, Retta of Parks and Recreation and Matt Walsh of Veep.

Source: CBC News April 30, 2017 00:11 UTC