White House Correspondents’ dinner has ‘lost its way,’ says USA Today

Published May 1, 2018 12:01pm ET



The publisher of USA Today says last weekend’s White House Correspondents’ dinner undermined the credibility of the press by featuring a comedian who delivered a “vulgar” routine against the Trump administration.

Publisher Maribel Perez Wadsworth said the comedian, Michelle Wolf, has every right to say what she wants, but said the White House Correspondents’ Association inappropriately chose her to deliver one point of view. Wolf savaged members of the Trump administration and charged that press secretary Sarah Sanders lies routinely.

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