The do’s and don’ts of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner weekend
It’s that time of year again: White House Correspondents’ Dinner weekend. While it may seem that the only thing the Washington press corps likes more than this weekend is trashing it as decadent and self-indulgent, the truth is that we only do it to assuage our own guilt. The idea that we talk about the sanctity of the free press while sipping cocktails and eating half-cooked chicken with the very people with whom we’re supposed to have an adversarial relationship is… uncomfortable for a lot of people.
