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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhite House Correspondents' Dinner with Trevor Noah and Pres. Biden
... begins at 8 p.m. Red carpet arrivals happening now.
When the dinner and presentation begins, it should be on this screen (C-span link):
https://www.c-span.org/video/?519515-1/trevor-noah-headlines-white-house-correspondents-association-dinner
Please note: the speakers won't start until about 9:30 EDT. They're just killing time until then.
a kennedy
(29,710 posts)RussBLib
(9,036 posts)which comes out to, maybe, 1%?
Will we ever be normal again?
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)a kennedy
(29,710 posts)RussBLib
(9,036 posts)T**** was such a prick
snowybirdie
(5,239 posts)Hate to see our government officials there. Super spreader event.
mobeau69
(11,156 posts)Leith
(7,813 posts)On YouTube, ABC hasn't even gone live yet.
In It to Win It
(8,285 posts)a kennedy
(29,710 posts)DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)No distancing. No masks.
In February 70 or more people got covid from the Gridiron Dinner.
I wish the President was not speaking.
Leith
(7,813 posts)that all attendees were vaxxed and tested. Beyond that all they could do is not have the dinner again this year.
But... damn it's crowded there!
malaise
(269,175 posts)But I would not have allowed Biden to attend
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)Maybe they will put them on after they finish eating.
Sympthsical
(9,120 posts)So theyve got that look going for them.
a kennedy
(29,710 posts)lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)I was hoping Obama wouldn't let up.
a kennedy
(29,710 posts)DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)It changed that year when President Kennedy refused to attend unless they allowed female correspondents.
demmiblue
(36,893 posts)a kennedy
(29,710 posts)demmiblue
(36,893 posts)FakeNoose
(32,767 posts)She was being interviewed by some news show - not C-Span.
a kennedy
(29,710 posts)Peregrine Took
(7,417 posts)just can't get into it.
Going to tune into a movie instead and signing off from flyover country.
FakeNoose
(32,767 posts)It will probably be worth your time, if you come back then.
This is just filler while people eat their dinners etc.
ChazII
(6,206 posts)her the first time.
nolabear
(41,991 posts)I was surprised at how gentle Wanda Sykes sounded, til she tore into Limbaugh.
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)He was trashing MSNBC and the notion that Trump is owned by Russia.
F him
nolabear
(41,991 posts)nolabear
(41,991 posts)They want to laugh. They are stunned.
In retrospect its brilliant.
bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)During my lifetime?
nolabear
(41,991 posts)nolabear
(41,991 posts)Nice writing too. Edgy but self-effacing.
a kennedy
(29,710 posts)He does have a gift
tman
(983 posts)kentuck
(111,110 posts)In my opinion.
His humor was cutting but he wasn't cruel. He found a good balance.
FakeNoose
(32,767 posts)Especially Fox News and CNN were nailed. Also I loved how he said Maggie Haberman is almost out of work now.