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The NY Times doesn't attend the White House correspondents dinner, sees it as 'celebrity-driven', appears government and media are all in a game together.
5/3/11, "The Situation and the story: Press corps parties while White House makes history," NY Observer, Stoeffel, Kamer
""We are not being holier than thou, or criticizing anyone who chooses to go. But we came to the conclusion that it had evolved into a very odd, celebrity-driven event that made it look like the press and government all shuck their adversarial roles for one night of the year, sing together (literally, by the way) and have a grand old time cracking jokes. It just feels like it sends the wrong signal to our readers and viewers, like we are all in it together and it is all a game. It feels uncomfortable."" (item 3 para. from end of p.1)...
5/3/11, "The Guardian:: It’s “an unseemly schmoozefest.”
via Poynter.org/Romenesko
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