Cosmopolitics by Elise Labott

Cosmopolitics by Elise Labott

Moving on from WHCD

Serious disagreements don't have to come at the expense of understanding

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Elise Labott
Apr 26, 2026
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The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is supposed to be a celebration - of the First Amendment, of a free press, of the uneasy but essential relationship between power and those who cover it. Saturday night, it became something else entirely. And the way everyone responded to that - journalists, yes, but also the public watching in real time - reveals …

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