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PBS Ombudsman Condemns WHCA Dinner

May 17, 2010 By WHC Insider

Has the celebrity aspect of the annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner gone too far?

Michael Getler, the independent internal critic, otherwise known as the “ombudsman” for the Public Broadcasting System, believes that it has. In a recent Ombudsman Column, Getler calls the dinner an “embarrassment, just one more brick on the pile that buries confidence in the U.S. press.” The dinner happened to take place on the same weekend that marked the passing of two long-time PBS public affairs shows: Bill Moyers Journal and NOW with host David Brancaccio.

Getler called it “Journalism’s Passing Parade” – do you agree? Share your comments.

Filed Under: WHCA Dinner Tagged With: Bill Moyers, David Brancaccio, Michael Getler, NOW, PBS, WHCA, WHCA Dinner, White House Correspondents Dinner

List of White House Press Secretaries According to Wikepedia

March 27, 2009 By WHC Insider

 

  • White House Press Secretary

A

  • George Edward Akerson
    Press Secretary George Akerson

    Hoover Press Secretary George Akerson

     

B

  • James Brady

D

  • Jonathan W. Daniels

E

  • Stephen Early

F

  • Marlin Fitzwater
  • Ari Fleischer

G

  • Robert Gibbs

H

  • James Hagerty

L

  • Joe Lockhart

M

  • Scott McClellan
  • Mike McCurry (press secretary)
  • Bill Moyers
  • Dee Dee Myers

N

  • Ron Nessen

P

  • Dana Perino
  • Joseph Lester Powell

R

  • George Reedy
  • J. Leonard Reinsch

R cont.

  • Charles Griffith Ross

S

  • Pierre Salinger
  • Joseph Short
  • Jake Siewert
  • Tony Snow
  • Larry Speakes

T

  • Jerald terHorst
  • Roger Tubby

Z

  • Ron Ziegler

Filed Under: Press Secretaries Tagged With: Bill Moyers, Charles Griffith Ross, Dana Perino, Dee Dee Myers, George Akerson, George Reedy, J. Leonard Reinsch, Jake Siewert, James Brady, Jerald terHorst, Joe Lockhart, Jonathan W. Daniels, Joseph Lester Powell, Joseph Short, Larry Speakes, Mike McCurry, Pierre Salinger, Roger Tubby, Ron Nessen, Ron Ziegler, Scott McClellan, Tony Snow, White House Press Secretary

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We track the White House Correspondents’ weekend and all the activities around it, from journalists and media companies to the White House and politicos.

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