Ms Wolf with the proverbial mic drop https://twitter.com/michelleisawolf/status/1065110176863264768?s=21
On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 1:09 AM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > Sam Bee came close-ish with 2017's Not The White House Correspondents' > Dinner. They raised money for the Committee to Protect Journalists and > most of the people (all?) roasted were not in attendance. > > I assume that the Radio and TV Presenters Dinner has not suffered from > most of this nonsense, in part due to it getting next to no attention. > > The notion that WHCA was ever a proper nerd prom irritated me endlessly, > and I would hope this leads to an end to all of the associated horse crap > (red carpet, afterparties, etc.) > > David > > On Monday, November 19, 2018, 11:31:00 AM EST, Kevin M. < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > I would hope HBO or Comedy Central will pick up the slack and produce an > event to raise money for journalism scholarships that focuses on comics who > joke about politicians and the media to their faces. Both groups need to be > roasted in person. And more money needs to be given to a charities that > give to institutions that teach genuine journalism skills. > > The WHCA is not a group of journalists anymore; not sure they ever were, > which is part of the problem. Dreaming big, I’d like to see somebody step > up not to just raise money for student journalists, but to open a > journalism school. Dreaming bigger, the school campus should be on the > National Mall, and the building’s exterior should be mirrored so it > reflects the White House and the Capital. Politicians should fear the power > of the school’s graduates, and the public should respect them. > > On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 9:31 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > > Granted the whole thing feels unnecessary and like a charade any more. At > the upcoming dinner the guest will be Ron Chernow. > > > https://www.whca.press/2018/11/19/whca-announces-acclaimed-author-ron-chernow-as-featured-speaker-for-2019-dinner/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
