Wells, who exposed the cruelty of the lynching of Black Americans and the government’s complicity in these atrocities, once said, “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”
Eugene Daniels, president of the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA), during Sunday’s dinner showed just how far the state of American journalism has sunk into obeisance to the government.
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Author George Orwell once said, “Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed; everything else is public relations.”
Unfortunately, too many American journalists have forgotten this maxim, and it does not portend well for our society.
EugeneDaniels,presidentoftheWhiteHouseCorrespondentsAssociation(WHCA),duringSunday’sdinnershowedjusthowfarthestateofAmericanjournalismhassunkintoobeisancetothegovernment.
Duringanangrydiatribe,DanielsappearedtolashoutatPresidentDonaldTrump,avocalcriticoflegacymedia.
“Wejournalistsarealotofthings.Wearecompetitiveandpushy.Weareimpatient,andsometimeswethinkweknoweverything.Butwearealsohuman,”hesaid.“Wemissourfamiliesandsig
