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In reply to the discussion: Michelle Wolf was a huge success. [View all]ollie10
(2,091 posts)Andrea Mitchell, the NBC News correspondent, tweeted that an apology is owed to the press secretary. Her network colleague Mika Brzezinski wrote that watching a wife and mother be humiliated on national television for her looks is deplorable.
Several reporters who cover the White House approached Ms. Sanders in the Hilton ballroom to express sympathy in the immediate aftermath of Ms. Wolfs monologue. Later, at a windswept after party hosted by NBC News, Ms. Sanders appeared in good spirits as reporters swarmed her. (She even took time to chastise one journalist for asking a question at a news conference that she disliked.)
Late on Sunday, Margaret Talev, president of the Correspondents Association, issued a statement acknowledging dismay from members about Ms. Wolfs performance.
Last nights program was meant to offer a unifying message about our common commitment to a vigorous and free press, Ms. Talev wrote. Unfortunately, the entertainers monologue was not in the spirit of that mission.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/29/business/media/michelle-wolfs-routine-sets-off-a-furor-at-an-annual-washington-dinner.html