President Trump finally served up his long-planned speech at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, and they hated it so much the reporters started kvetching about how they need to "rethink" this event, since Trump was not "advancing" the First Amendment with his mockery of the press.
NewsBusters Managing Editor Curtis Houck and Associate Editor Nick Fondacaro joined me to discuss how the elitist media demonstrate the old maxim that they can dish it out, but they can't take it. They can call him Hitler, but you can't compare them unfavorably to anyone.
This is how they understand the First Amendment -- it protects them, and nobody else. Criticizing them and mocking them is somehow contrary to freedom of speech, not an exercise in freedom of speech. Comparing CNN's Kaitlan Collins to trans-woman actor Dylan Mulvaney is grossly wrong, as was cartooning CBS News under "gay dictator" Bari Weiss as comparable to Iran.
New York Times chief White House correspondent Peter Baker tweeted on X on Saturday that it is time for the White House Correspondents’ Association to “rethink” its annual dinner with the president, since it did not “advance” the cause of reporting “without fear or favor.” As if that motto isn't ridiculous at this point? Baker hates Trump and loves Obama.
The tilt of WHCA journalism awards at this dinner also lean to the left, just like the Pulitzer Prizes. This year's slate was dominated by anti-Trump scoops. So what? It's a White House reporter dinner. But Curtis has pointed out they did not give out one of the WHCA awards for anti-Biden scoops. Last year, after Biden was forced out of the 2024 campaign, they honored Alex Thompson's late reporting on Biden's cognitive decline.
Enjoy the podcast below. The audio can be found here.
