That’s a terrible way of “celebrating the First Amendment,” guys
In other words, this thread:
#WHCD in its current form needs to end, and the biggest reason is this: The deeply uncomfortable spectacle of journalists who *cover the #WhiteHouse* defending it the morning after from critique delivered in the form of “mean jokes.” pic.twitter.com/2gR1TpIs9y
— Jeff Yang 🫶 FOLLOW ME @ORIGINALSPIN ON THREADS/IG (@originalspin) April 29, 2018
Yes, Trump is misogynist. Yes, he’s racist. Yes, he fakes his wealth. Yes, he enables white nationalists. Yes, Ivanka is complicit. Yes, Conway offers no value on news shows. Yes, Sanders lies. Yes, DACA is still dead and Flint has no water.
Wolf delivered facts, harshly.
— Jeff Yang 🫶 FOLLOW ME @ORIGINALSPIN ON THREADS/IG (@originalspin) April 29, 2018
If the press can’t handle the heat brought by comedians, change the format of #WHCD. End the tradition of it being a roast. Stop turning your own event into political news, and turn it into a boring scholarship dinner like all the others.
— Jeff Yang 🫶 FOLLOW ME @ORIGINALSPIN ON THREADS/IG (@originalspin) April 29, 2018
It’s always been unsightly to see White House journalists cozying up to the politicians they cover. But now that journalists are defending those politicians from their own event, the event has become a danger to the very press freedoms it seeks to highlight. #WHCD
— Jeff Yang 🫶 FOLLOW ME @ORIGINALSPIN ON THREADS/IG (@originalspin) April 29, 2018
It’s notable that the CD hasn’t changed recently, the WH has. If it’s suddenly become such an issue, why aren’t people talking about what ought to be done about a legendarily thin-skinned, unstable and tantrum-prone POTUS, rather than what ought to be done about the WHCD? If he can’t handle the ribbing, which previous presidents have brushed off with ease, why isn’t that being used as yet another example to point out (again) to his base just how tempramentally unfit he is to serve the office?