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FarCenter

(19,429 posts)
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 07:44 PM Apr 2018

Have the Press Lords supported or censured the Michelle Wolf performance?

The White House Correspondents Association is not some independent organization. The Officers and Board of Directors are all employees, directly or indirectly of major media organizations.

https://www.whca.press/about/officers/

Margaret Talev works for Bloomberg and Mike Bloomberg. Jonathan Karl works for ABC/Disney and Bob Iger. Alicia Jennings works for NBC/Comcast and Brian Roberts. The two board members from AP work indirectly for them in the sense that other employees of the media companies sit on the board of AP.

However, I've not heard of any expressions from their top management as to whether they support the decision of their employees to have Michelle Wolf host the dinner or whether they have all made a career terminating mistake.

Is their any indication of their view of the situation?

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Have the Press Lords supported or censured the Michelle Wolf performance? (Original Post) FarCenter Apr 2018 OP
So big mistake to hire someone who illustrates freedom of speech at an event which members Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #1
Mike Bloomberg has freedom of speech. Margaret Talev is an employee. FarCenter Apr 2018 #2

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
1. So big mistake to hire someone who illustrates freedom of speech at an event which members
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 07:46 PM
Apr 2018

live by that freedom and their livelihoods depend on that freedom?

THAT is the mistake?

What a fucked up place this is becoming

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