WHCA Announces Acclaimed Author Ron Chernow As Featured Speaker For 2019 Dinner

[brooklynite]

Source: White House Correspondents' Association

The White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) is pleased to announce that Ron Chernow, one of the most eminent biographers of American presidents and statesmen, will be the featured speaker at its annual dinner on Saturday, April 27, 2019.

“I’m delighted that Ron will share his lively, deeply researched perspectives on American politics and history at the 2019 White House Correspondents’ Dinner,” said Olivier Knox, Chief Washington Correspondent for SiriusXM and president of the WHCA. “As we celebrate the importance of a free and independent news media to the health of the republic, I look forward to hearing Ron place this unusual moment in the context of American history.”

“The White House Correspondents’ Association has asked me to make the case for the First Amendment and I am happy to oblige,” Chernow said. “Freedom of the press is always a timely subject and this seems like the perfect moment to go back to basics. My major worry these days is that we Americans will forget who we are as a people and historians should serve as our chief custodians in preserving that rich storehouse of memory. While I have never been mistaken for a stand-up comedian, I promise that my history lesson won’t be dry.”

Read more: https://www.whca.press/2018/11/19/whca-announces-acclaimed-author-ron-chernow-as-featured-speaker-for-2019-dinner/

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Presumably, far more acceptable to the person who won't be showing up.....

[shanny]

1. Nerd Prom just needs to go away.

[Aristus]

2. I've read Chernow's biographies of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton,

and U.S. Grant.

They were all exceptional reads.

After reading about Grant, my admiration for the Civil War hero shot through the roof.

[Faygo Kid]

3. Probably our most underrated president

He was betrayed by dishonest associates, but was personally honest, and fierce in his protection of newly freed slaves.

Love Chernow. I have read his bios of John D. Rockefeller, Washington, and Grant. He is up there with Bruce Catton and David McCullough.

[dembotoz]

4. make it a point to watch every year. will probably just let this one pass on by

[Mazeltov Cocktail]

5. Once again....

The media can't afford to upset their cash cow....sheesh, he's not going to be there and we know he can't take a joke...

I'm sure Chernow is an interesting speaker, its just sad how the media bends to his childish willfulness...