The Associated Press did not feel like celebrating on Saturday night at the “Nerdprom.” This is the opening of Will Riccardi’s report, which ABC News published and highlighted in a tweet. “Somber” was the adjective:
There was no president. There was no comedian. What remained at the White House Correspondents’ Association’s annual dinner on Saturday night were the journalists and the First Amendment.
The stripped-down festivities were a reflection of the somber tone in Washington at the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term, in which he has battled with the press on multiple fronts and wrested from the correspondents’ association the power to decide which outlets have the most access to Trump.
They claim to celebrate the First Amendment when they’re boasting about themselves. When AP White House reporters Aamer Madhani and Zeke Miller…
