Samantha Bee praised diligent journalists while railing against media excess in a “Not the White House Correspondents Dinner”
Samantha Bee was ready to make one thing clear: She appreciated journalists trying to find the truth and has little time for those trying to obscure it.
In a taped segment before the no-holds-barred comedienne launched her “Not The White House Correspondents Dinner” Saturday after at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D. C., an audience of about 2500 watched a sharp parody of a White House press conference – with Allison Janney, who played the press secretary C. J. Cregg on the drama “The West Wing, ” reprising her role. When one reporter asked if Bee was a witch, Janney annihilated him with laser vision.
After she took the stage, Bee promised to treat reporters well. “At a later date, I will get Mexico to pay for your drinks, ” she promised a crowd of reporters from organizations including the Committee to Protect Journalists, The New York Times and CNN. She praised reporters “for continuing ‘to fact check the President as if one day he might be embarrassed.”
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