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Mainstream Media should not attend... (Original Post) strongermessage Feb 2017 OP
And, should boycott correspondents' dinner! pat_k Feb 2017 #1

pat_k

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1. And, should boycott correspondents' dinner!
Sun Feb 5, 2017, 12:36 AM
Feb 2017

I want to see DT addressing an empty room!

We've got til April to make it happen!

Letters to editors. Contact media orgs by whatever means we can find.

New Yorker and Vanity Fair Pull Out of Correspondents’ Dinner Parties
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/03/us/politics/trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner.html?_r=0

Calls emerge for a boycott of the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/02/04/wchdboycott/

Don't know how to "lobby" celebs, but if there is a way, might ask those who have been invited in past to decline this time. To see last years celebs, click through pages for lists:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/white-house-correspondents-dinner-photos_us_57226b39e4b01a5ebde50b2d?slideshow=true#gallery/5725556de4b0b49df6ab8255/0

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