New Yorker and Vanity Fair Pull Out of Correspondents Dinner Parties

[SoCalNative]

NEW YORK — The White House Correspondents Dinner has gone from a hoary ritual to the apex of Washington’s social calendar, replete with Hollywood A-listers, tuxedoed television stars and live coverage on the major news networks.

But like many Washington traditions, things are changing now that President Trump is in town.

The New Yorker is canceling the kickoff party that it usually holds at the W Hotel, according to a spokeswoman for the magazine, Natalie Raabe. Vanity Fair is pulling out of co-sponsoring the dinner’s most exclusive after-party, a celebrity-studded affair most recently hosted at the French ambassador’s residence that is considered the capital’s hottest ticket of the year.

Vanity Fair’s co-sponsor, Bloomberg L.P., is proceeding with its plans for the party, but no final decision has been made on the event, a spokesman said on Thursday. (Bloomberg has previously sponsored the after-party on its own.)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/03/us/politics/trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner.html?_r=2&referer=

[malaise]

1. Groper Don the Con couldn't get a B lister to perform for the inauguration

Obama's mike drop may have literally been the end

[pat_k]

2. If media in your area send people, lobby them to do the same!!!

And go after national pun-idiots too!

[msanthrope]

3. They ain't spending the cash to stroke the Donald. nt

[longship]

4. As long as Triumph the insult dog makes it...

[eissa]

5. Given his hostility towards the press

I don't believe any media outlet that values quality, independent journalism should attend (yes, I realize that wouldn't be many.)

[MiniMe]

6. Faux Noise will be there I'm sure

[annabanana]

7. I hope everyone goes to Samantha Bee's "not-the-WH-Dinner"

It would be a blast!