The White House Correspondents Association held its annual celebratory dinner on Saturday night. Only this year it was more somber than celebratory —and with good reason. Since its return to power in January, and over the last month, the Trump administration has launched an all-out assault on the press and news media.
As NBC News explains, “The Trump administration has had multiple skirmishes with the press in recent months. The FCC is investigating several media companies, the administration is working to shut down Voice of America and other government-run outlets, and The Associated Press has sued the administration for reducing its access to events because it has not renamed the Gulf of Mexico in line with Trump’s executive order.”
