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Journalists, On the Other Side of Alice In Wonderland's Looking Glass
What has been divided, in America,
after Russia promoted division ?
Coping with people that pretend to be
journalists, over on the Other Side of
Alice in Wonderland's Looking Glass ?
gsgs comment-
How does it feel, to be in the same room, with creatures privately supported and funded by the Koch brothers, the Mercers, and every other ultra-wealthy Trump enabler supporting a network of lies, deceit, and misinformation, shoving fiction into the media stream, while working journalists, struggle to get access What journalist will forget that Trump locked out every reporter and journalists from major networks and media outlets, while he conferred with FOX TV and the Extremist Right Wing propaganda sites ?
Was the expectation that everyone would play nice at Margaret Talev's party, despite the fact, that everything has changed drastically ?
Did Margaret Talev have an episode of amnesia ? She was present at the 2015 dinner. Obama stepped up, and took the ride. Obama was jabbed, kicked, and he stayed in the driver's seat, despite the pummeling. Margaret Talev was there to witness everything, and report on it.
Unfortunately, Obama drove over the back of Trump's ego. His joke deflated Trump's ego. Trump's expectation was that he could pretend to be something that he was not, and get away with it, again. Obama expected a counter-joke from Trump, to happen. What America has, is Trump, that is willing to tear everything that Obama accomplished, out of existence.
/end gsgs comment
"When someone gives a speech and they tell the American public they shouldn’t trust the press, that’s not only very frustrating for reporters doing a good job, but it’s always worrisome in terms of undermining people’s trust in a pillar of society,” Talev says.
https://www.cjr.org/q_and_a/qa-marg...he-white-house-correspondents-association.php
"... this president’s instinct to tweet and to get news out there himself adds something new to the whole."
"One thing that’s been interesting to me is the Correspondents’ Association, for many years, was a largely behind-the-scenes organization that the public didn’t think about except for the dinner. Since the election, a lot more members of the public seem to be interested in the association and what it does. I think that’s great, but among some camps, there’s been a real call for the WHCA to be making statements all the time, making demands all the time. But the group is really a combination of public education [and a] member organization. That’s a dual track mission to figure out: What are the moments when it’s important to call out the principle? What are the moments to keep the channels of communication open and make sure they’re working."
https://www.cjr.org/q_and_a/qa-marg...he-white-house-correspondents-association.php
White House Correspondents' Association president Margaret Talev is stepping down, and leaving her position as president.
She is a Bloomberg journalist.
She dropped the microphone,
and exited.
Thom Geier for the Houston Chronicle and Euronews cover the story of what Ms. Margaret Talev delivered.
"Last night’s program was meant to offer a unifying message about our common commitment to a vigorous and free press while honoring civility, great reporting and scholarship winners, not to divide people,” she wrote.
“Unfortunately the entertainer’s monologue was not in the spirit of that mission.”
https://www.chron.com/entertainment...le-Wolf-Act-Not-in-the-Spirit-of-12873701.php
White House Correspondents Association
https://www.whca.press/news/
Margaret Talev
“My goal in putting together last night’s dinner was to unify the room and the country around journalism and the First Amendment and I shared what I believe about those subjects in my own remarks,” Margaret Talev told Politico. “The association by tradition does not preview or censor the entertainer’s remarks. Some of them made me uncomfortable and did not embody the spirit of the night. And that is protected by the First Amendment.
https://www.politico.com/amp/story/...-journalists-559292?__twitter_impression=true
http://www.vulture.com/2018/04/michelle-wolfs-jokes-made-whca-president-uncomfortable.html
Who is Margaret Talev ?
http://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/profile/margaret-talev
When "the whole world is watching" events like the 1968 Chicago police riot, that becomes a rapid engine for change (not all of it good, perhaps); in 2015, televised images of Baltimore, of Nepal, of important events could amplify Twitter -- but TV's attitude is a giant ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Especially when the most powerful man in the world is telling a few jokes.
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/The-night-the-news-died.html?mobi=true
What has been divided, in America,
after Russia promoted division ?
Coping with people that pretend to be
journalists, over on the Other Side of
Alice in Wonderland's Looking Glass ?
gsgs comment-
How does it feel, to be in the same room, with creatures privately supported and funded by the Koch brothers, the Mercers, and every other ultra-wealthy Trump enabler supporting a network of lies, deceit, and misinformation, shoving fiction into the media stream, while working journalists, struggle to get access What journalist will forget that Trump locked out every reporter and journalists from major networks and media outlets, while he conferred with FOX TV and the Extremist Right Wing propaganda sites ?
Was the expectation that everyone would play nice at Margaret Talev's party, despite the fact, that everything has changed drastically ?
Did Margaret Talev have an episode of amnesia ? She was present at the 2015 dinner. Obama stepped up, and took the ride. Obama was jabbed, kicked, and he stayed in the driver's seat, despite the pummeling. Margaret Talev was there to witness everything, and report on it.
Unfortunately, Obama drove over the back of Trump's ego. His joke deflated Trump's ego. Trump's expectation was that he could pretend to be something that he was not, and get away with it, again. Obama expected a counter-joke from Trump, to happen. What America has, is Trump, that is willing to tear everything that Obama accomplished, out of existence.
/end gsgs comment
"When someone gives a speech and they tell the American public they shouldn’t trust the press, that’s not only very frustrating for reporters doing a good job, but it’s always worrisome in terms of undermining people’s trust in a pillar of society,” Talev says.
https://www.cjr.org/q_and_a/qa-marg...he-white-house-correspondents-association.php
"... this president’s instinct to tweet and to get news out there himself adds something new to the whole."
"One thing that’s been interesting to me is the Correspondents’ Association, for many years, was a largely behind-the-scenes organization that the public didn’t think about except for the dinner. Since the election, a lot more members of the public seem to be interested in the association and what it does. I think that’s great, but among some camps, there’s been a real call for the WHCA to be making statements all the time, making demands all the time. But the group is really a combination of public education [and a] member organization. That’s a dual track mission to figure out: What are the moments when it’s important to call out the principle? What are the moments to keep the channels of communication open and make sure they’re working."
https://www.cjr.org/q_and_a/qa-marg...he-white-house-correspondents-association.php
White House Correspondents' Association president Margaret Talev is stepping down, and leaving her position as president.
She is a Bloomberg journalist.
She dropped the microphone,
and exited.
Thom Geier for the Houston Chronicle and Euronews cover the story of what Ms. Margaret Talev delivered.
"Last night’s program was meant to offer a unifying message about our common commitment to a vigorous and free press while honoring civility, great reporting and scholarship winners, not to divide people,” she wrote.
“Unfortunately the entertainer’s monologue was not in the spirit of that mission.”
https://www.chron.com/entertainment...le-Wolf-Act-Not-in-the-Spirit-of-12873701.php
White House Correspondents Association
https://www.whca.press/news/
Margaret Talev
“My goal in putting together last night’s dinner was to unify the room and the country around journalism and the First Amendment and I shared what I believe about those subjects in my own remarks,” Margaret Talev told Politico. “The association by tradition does not preview or censor the entertainer’s remarks. Some of them made me uncomfortable and did not embody the spirit of the night. And that is protected by the First Amendment.
https://www.politico.com/amp/story/...-journalists-559292?__twitter_impression=true
http://www.vulture.com/2018/04/michelle-wolfs-jokes-made-whca-president-uncomfortable.html
Who is Margaret Talev ?
http://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/profile/margaret-talev
When "the whole world is watching" events like the 1968 Chicago police riot, that becomes a rapid engine for change (not all of it good, perhaps); in 2015, televised images of Baltimore, of Nepal, of important events could amplify Twitter -- but TV's attitude is a giant ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Especially when the most powerful man in the world is telling a few jokes.
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/The-night-the-news-died.html?mobi=true
