Responding to the news that this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner will feature historian Ron Chernow rather than a comedian, as is traditionally the case, Michelle Wolf, who lit up the stage in April, called the WHCA “cowards.”
The @whca are cowards. The media is complicit. And I couldn't be prouder. https://t.co/OOIFGuZ731
— Michelle Wolf (@michelleisawolf) November 19, 2018
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The @whca are cowards. The media is complicit. And I couldn’t be prouder. https://t.co/OOIFGuZ731
I think what she is arguing is that a historian focused on the presidency is less likely to call out the media for their role in enabling some of Trump’s shit the way they whined about her doing in her speech last year. She is saying they are cowards for trying to avoid getting called out again.
This is an excellent point. It depends on what the speech is about.
I think the answer to both is “yes”… comedians and historian’s both can represent courage depending on the content of what they present.
The historian can chose courage (in my opinion) and shred Trump and his administration for things like the ‘fake news’ and ‘enemies of the people’ and chastise the press as well for things like continuous airing the full Trump’s rallies. Or, the historian can choose to just read something.
Chernow is intelligent. He knows the audience he’s dealing with, the history of the dinner, the theme of past events. I have confidence he won’t subject everyone to some dry, canned, unremarkable speech. Each of these is someone’s “moment” so to speak. If nothing else he’ll jazz things up a bit just to encourage his book sales and exposure.