The White House Correspondants Dinner. What do you know about this dinner? What do you think about this dinner? Below is a description of what the Dinner use to be like.....
The White House Correspondents' Association dinner -- not so long ago merely a cozy annual assemblage of journalists and the politicians and operatives who are their sources -- has now gone Hollywood to such an amusing extent that workaday D.C. is getting seriously squeezed. For much of the event's existence, the president was the undisputed guest of honor, and members of the entertainment industry such as Bob Hope and Milton Berle were solely called on to, well, entertain onstage.....snip~
That is a good description of what it use to be like. Such is no longer the case.
For the 98th iteration on April 28 -- at which Jimmy Kimmel will roast Barack Obama -- there have been 3,800 formal requests for spots in the 2,700-seat ballroom. "And that's not including all of the nonmember news organizations that want to attend," says WHCA president and Reuters correspondent Caren Bohan. The demand has come in part from media company bigwigs, who in the past wouldn't have bothered with an event run by and for their newsroom drudges, along with blue-chip advertisers who see an invite as one of the perks of being a client. Many established outlets that take 10 or more tables have lost a portion of their allotment this year -- NBC is down three, CNN at least two -- as more new-media outlets are invited. As one cable news exec grouses, "They have to give tables to bull$#@!.com.".....snip~
This is an event that is recognized as an event for the Elites. An event where actual reporters and Adminstrations Officials plus most politicans are not even able to attend. Where Televison Media gets to feel Like Academy Award Winning Stars. Media coverage uses the Term Elites. They do this when either party is in an Office. Yet what is interesting to note is just who is classified as Elites on the Left and with a Democratic Administration in power. Not even all of Hollywoods top Actors and Actress are attending. To get around this. The Media stations adopted the policy of bringing a guest. Usually a noted Celebrity. Course the Bigger the Star, the more noticed that Media table is recongnized.
The journalists, correspandants and Media people have daily contact with politicans and the White House Adminstration. They also can have access to any in Hollywood or any other Fields. Does the White House and politicans of both sides need to party together? Because after the dinner the real Party begins and the cameras, mics, doors and windows close. The left and liberals talk about Corporations. Well.....Here are some of the Biggest Players of them all. Televison Media. As well as some being International Corporations. Thoughts on this?