White House Correspondents' Association: Michelle Wolf's routine 'not in the spirit' of our mission

[Mrs. Overall]

Source: The Hill

White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) President Margaret Talev on Sunday lamented that comedian Michelle Wolf’s routine during the organization’s annual dinner on Saturday was “not in the spirit” of the organization's mission.

Talev said in a statement late Sunday that she has heard from members of the association that Wolf’s performance did not reflect well on the WHCA's efforts to celebrate journalism and the First Amendment.

“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,” Talev said.

“Unfortunately, the entertainer’s monologue was not in the spirit of that mission."

Talev said she and Olivier Knox, who will take over as WHCA president this summer, are open to suggestions on how to adjust the event’s format moving forward.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/media/385442-white-house-correspondents-association-michelle-wolfs-routine-not-in-the

[JoeOtterbein]

1. Cowards, or as Wolf AND Trump would say; real......

.....P.......s

[Sunlei]

60. hey Mr. President, /plays the Lion King song-never forget that correspondents dinner birthe(R) fool

[DRoseDARs]

2. Let the folding and snowmelt begin... nt

[choie]

3. That's right,

let's change the format because poor baby Trumpists got their feelings hurt.

[lunasun]

33. Oh they will . Remember 2016. Imagine the reporting by the press for 2020 elections

[mountain grammy]

4. Oh please...

What crap!

[Freethinker65]

5. Looks like the WHCA is about to take the Trump loyalty pledge.

Goodbye fourth estate.

[S.E. TN Liberal]

6. Bull Shit

The White House correspondents have been being lackeys for republican'ts and that brings harm to poor people and workers around the World.

If they treated Democrats like they treat republican'ts they would have to quit being cheerleaders.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

20. Yep...

... exactly. eom.

[Roy Rolling]

50. They Must Say That Publicly

It was accurate, considerate, and only mildly apologetic. This is diplomacy. More importantly, her routine got their attention that the press isn't a group to be pushed around. Remember, the news media are the constant punching bag by Sanders and Trump.

They got their shots in. Now they can play nice...for a while. Once the corporate bosses of media giants see their profits dry up, Trump will be old news.

If he doesn't blow up the world first.

[longship]

7. Fuck you very much, Ms. Talev.

What's not in the spirit of journalism standards is the daily ever bleating about Drumpf of the so-called press during the run-up to the 2016 election.

That is when journalism failed... utterly! You were making so much money covering Drumpf, that you totally forgot to fucking cover Drumpf and what he was really saying!

So screw you, Ms. Talev. We need more of people like Michelle Wolf, and fewer simpering idiots, like you.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Although I did not care for Michelle Wolf's monologue, I think it was

perfectly in the spirit of WHCA's mission to celebrate the First Amendment. The First Amendment makes it possible to criticize and even insult the president without fear of retaliation. Even though I don't care for Wolf's style of humor I hate to see that they're caving.

[NRaleighLiberal]

9. well, dump's presidency and his party are not in the spirit of our country.

[lordsummerisle]

18. I was just about to post this! n/t

[Cha]

49. That's what I posted only not as nice as you..

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2048520

[Mc Mike]

51. His fans always seem to be happy when he tosses the rules, norms, and decorum out.

[Scurrilous]

10. Just pass out knee pads and be done with it.

[left-of-center2012]

11. So, the White House is celebrating tonight

Chalk up another victory for Trump.

Sarah Huckleberry Sanders will be looking quite smug at tomorrow's W.H. press conference.

[Solly Mack]

12. Snort

[oberliner]

13. Here's the full statement

[pangaia]

19. Bull shit, lady.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

14. The WHCA could have done some research on YouTube before making their choice.

It's not like she came out of the shadows. She has opinions which don't have to be balanced with opposing opinions. Comedy is not a profession that requires a balanced approach.

[Grassy Knoll]

15. Ironically They Had An Advance Copy Of Her Set....

...And Only After Fox And Fuckers Bitched, Did They Decide To
Say A Fuckin Word, Boneless Chickens, The Lot.

[pangaia]

21. WOW ! didn;t know that.

Spread the word...

[uppityperson]

16. It was a roast. "Honor civility" of trump, the asshole divider? Good grief.

"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"?

It was rude because rudeness is called for.

[sprinkleeninow]

39. News flash: Schlumpy et al have no civility to be honored.

Hay marge!

[pangaia]

17. hey ! Talev ! You have that exactly ass backwards.

"... common commitment to a vigorous and free press while honoring civility, great reporting..'' And whom might that be?

[still_one]

22. bullshit. Let's ask judy miller about that "spirit of a free press".

This was the garbage our wonderful media pushed in the "spirit of a free press"

Media Freak Out At FBI Letter, Disregard Facts And Run With GOP's False Description Of Clinton Email Review"

https://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/10/28/media-freak-out-fbi-letter-disregard-facts-and-run-gops-false-description-clinton-email-review/214184

"How one Congressman punked the media on the FBI letter about Clinton’s emails
No, the FBI did not say it would ‘reopen’ its investigation."

https://thinkprogress.org/trump-chaffetz-fbi-investigation-lies-e9fff5359102

"NY Times Floods Front Page With FBI Letter Stories While Acknowledging It Didn’t “Reopen” Clinton Server Inquiry"

https://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/10/30/ny-times-floods-front-page-fbi-letter-stories-while-acknowledging-it-didn-t-reopen-clinton-server/214202

At least Chuck Todd was honest about the "spirit of a free press" when he said:

It's Not Media's Job To Correct GOP's Obamacare Falsehoods ", that statement itself spoke volumes about the sad state of journalism in this country.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/chuck-todd-it-s-not-media-s-job-to-correct-gop-s-obamacare-falsehoods-video

The WH correspondence dinner should all be hanging their heads in shame for how they covered 2016.

They want a comic to apologize for speaking the truth, but not ONCE have they asked the asshole in the WH to apologize for his continued lies, or constant racist, sexist, and bigoted remarks.

The media is a disgrace with a double standard for quite some time now

[hatrack]

23. Resign.

Just resign.

[Progressive2020]

24. Gutless Response

For years this dinner has been effectively a "Roast" of Washington, from Congress to the Media to the President. This statement that the WHCA President is making is absurd doublespeak.

Just because Republicans don't know how to take a joke (or have any sense of humor), does not mean comedians should apologize for engaging in satire. That is the whole point. It is about Freedom of Speech.

Right Wingers go on about "Liberal Snowflakes", but they get all butt hurt over a few jokes. They are the fragile snowflakes.

[shanny]

25. I have a suggestion: shut it down, now.

the media needs to be reporting on power brokers, not rubbing elbows with them at cocktail parties or banquets

[sharedvalues]

26. That's what USA Today WH correspondent suggests

Link to tweet

[still_one]

29. Absolutely. Enough of this buddy, buddy garbage where they hob nob with the political leaders, go

to their social events, etc.

There should not be any apperance of a conflict of interest, and for some time now the media has been compromised. Enough is enough

[sprinkleeninow]

40. This. eom

[Judi Lynn]

27. Apparently no one remembers that reeking POS Don Imus' job on the Clintons at a WHCA dinner.

It was completely appalling. I felt absolutely sick at heart, and nauseated when he attacked not only Bill Clinton, dragging out trul creepy material about Lewinsky, but doing it while Hillary had to sit there and take it.

For people who don't remember who this diseased monster was, here's a reference:

https://www.thefullwiki.org/Don_Imus

[still_one]

32. The media's double standard has been going on for some time now, and Ms. Wolf just exposed them for

what they are

hypocrites

[eppur_se_muova]

28. So fix your mission. Nothing more need be said. nt

[Scurrilous]

30. (WHCA) President Margaret Talev thanks Mike Pence's press secretary for tweet.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5672363/White-House-Correspondents-Association-president-Margaret-Talev-defends-Michelle-Wolf.html

[Turbineguy]

31. Trump isn't exactly

in the spirit of America either.

[procon]

34. What a bunch of BS!

The WHCA must have reviewed her previous shows before hiring her and read the reviews, so her act couldn't have come as a surprise.

In contrast, look at the past performances of all the men who played the WHCA dinners yet all they got was a couple of facepalms to hide the critics laughter and some tsk-tsking from the starched church ladies. Yet when a brilliant, cocky woman unleashes her ripping, point on jokes that took down the lying Trump administration and their enablers in the media, she gets a public flogging!

Double standard there, madame president.

[Kali]

35. LOL, miss the point of the 1st much?

[arithia]

36. History will not be kind

to the people in the media who have supported this administration by propagating their lies unchecked and for bowing to their authoritarianism.

The Trump admin is actively trying to tear down the free press and they are apologizing for a comedian calling a spade a spade.

Here's my suggestion... just have a ceremony where the head of the WHCA plants a big fat smooch on the right hind cheek of the President. Just get up there on that stage, get down on all fours and kiss his ass. They already are metaphorically, they might as well be fucking honest about it.

[woundedkarma]

37. sanders

I think Michelle Wolf was right on target.

That said... you know what kind of interesting thing happened? Watch the video if you haven't already when she's talking about Sanders. Sanders, from the first words, was ready to cry. Have you ever been curious how she feels spewing lie after lie after lie? She took her lumps, it hit home every single time, she's doing it for some reason.. but she knows she's doing evil. That's interesting.

Should Wolf have gone easy on her? hell no.

The WHCA proves out to be cowards and shows every word Wolf said to be right on the mark. Cowards, supporting a tyrant that they created and have yet to take responsibility for.

[Hulk]

45. Exactly!!

[LionelFirstel]

56. No Class

Wolf made it obvious to the world she has no class...she is similar to Griffin in that she has no talent either. Shock jocks went out with Howard Stern.

[fantase56]

38. Sez awww, sadz.

[TeamPooka]

41. The latest WHCA dispatch from Vichy. nt

[SunSeeker]

42. Talev is being rightfully ripped on Twitter for her spinelessness and stupidity.

Some of my favorite comments:

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[AZ Jim]

43. Well Well

So the Pussy Grabber and his lying Press secy are offended. Pardon me while I laugh.

[Hulk]

44. OK.....it "wasn't in the spirit of that mission"....so??

I think we are talking about two different things here. The mission might be one thing, and the comedian has their job to do. She did it. Damn, she used the word "fuck" a couple times, and made some reference to her vagina...hmmm. Not my pick of subjects nor probably recommended language, but we haven't heard that before? Oh please.

Michelle did fine. She'll continue to do fine. Too bad the mango-Mussolini wasn't there to get spit in his eye. Instead he sends his dog, SHS and the rest of his Sunday liars to take the heat. He's too big of a coward to do it himself...EVER. Instead, he goes to his idiot fan base for an ego-boost, and spews shit ten times worse...and NOT in humor.

What about that water in Flint? Oh....haven't heard anyone talking about that today....just some bad words and jokes that hurt the feelings of the guilty cabal.

[Crash2Parties]

46. Well, she DID call them out for making money off Trump - crossed a line?

[JohnnyRingo]

47. Pretty tame for an apology, actually

Indeed, I really don't think that's an apology at all. It's more a shuffling the blame from the organization off to the performer.

That's OK with me. Michelle Wolfe is fine with what she said, I imagine.

[Cha]

48. Fucked up trump is NOT in the

spirit of our Country.. so there MFers.. get him to apologize for last night and every other abuse he's thrown at our country and her People.. and the Planet.

Then we'll talk.

[Deb]

52. Since when is politics classy or truth always pretty?

Sounds like they can't handle what the WH has become.

[RelativelyJones]

53. Cowards.

[Trust Buster]

54. I agree with Talev's statement.

[Vinca]

55. Guess they should have watched her act first.

[MaryMagdaline]

57. Disgraceful that the journalists are complaining

All the tragedy in the world and they are too soft to sit through a dinner where someone uses vulgarities and calls out the powerful

[WhiteTara]

58. No one complained about Steven Colbert

and he was brutal and profane. Larry Wilmore was brutal and profane and got grief for calling another black man"his n**. But a woman, damn so offensive. She needs to go take a walk in the woods and shut up.

[Sunlei]

59. What can a comedy 'act' do when the president of USA himself calls woman fat pigs & orders babies ki

orders babies in mothers arms slayed like rabid dogs his 2nd day as 'commander in chief'.???
Then walks around the white house, "presidents son in law" & "advisors" laughing that same day.

What Republicans find "funny" isn't the same as moral, sane people find funny.

[bluecollar2]

61. Margaret Talev was right

Michelle Wolf failed to pander to the White house...

And I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it

[dembotoz]

62. Next year headliner Barry manilow..tho Mandy was edgy

The demise of an independent press right before ur eyes

[Javaman]

63. Thank you, Mr. Chamberlain. nt

[Paladin]

64. WHCA, pimping for a trump second term.

Thanks for nothing, chickenshits. Will look forward to your coverage of trump's next 10,000 personal insults.

[greatlaurel]

65. Michelle Wolf is a brave human being and a true patriot. The WHCA are neither.

They were called out in person by a brave woman who spoke truth to power. The White House correspondents bury truth for access and cushy jobs.

Hundreds of thousands of people in the US have had their lives destroyed by the illegal Trump regime. Meanwhile the White House correspondents are being the stenographers of fascism and corruption. The destruction of the ACA is already killing people who are loosing their insurance coverage, immigrants are being forced to go back to countries where they will be killed, DACA recipients have their lives upended, Flint is still without clean water, but the WHCA are upset about Sarah Huckabee Sanders being called out for her lies.

[Nitram]

66. Hit a little too close to home, Ms. Talev?

You, Ms, Talev, are clearly part of the problem, not the solution.