White House Correspondents’ Dinner Weekend: Serious Moments For The Media Give Way To Satire And Mirth
deadline.comPresident Joe Biden spent a great deal of his speech at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on the fate of journalists held in captivity, vowing, “I promise you.
I am working like hell to get them home.” Still in a tone of seriousness, Biden said, “I believe in the First Amendment, and not just because my good friend Jimmy Madison wrote it.” It took a few beats for many of the 2,600 or so packed into the Washington Hilton subterranean ballroom that the president was making a transition to the satirical portion of his remarks.
By the time that he got to a Don Lemon joke, it was on. RELATED: Joe Biden Takes Swipes At Tucker Carlson, Don Lemon, Ron DeSantis’ War With Disney & Himself At WHCD; POTUS Promises To Bring Imprisoned Evan Gershkovich & Austin Tice Home Many past dinners have taken place amid the backdrop of moments of national and international upheaval, but what was a bit unusual about this year was that the turmoil is so centered on the media itself: High profile firings, layoffs, closures, as WHCA President Tamara Keith noted, while globally journalists face detainment for doing their jobs.
The potential Writers Guild of America walk out didn’t get a mention, but it was on the minds of many of the entertainment industry executives and creatives in the crowd.
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