Earlier this week, Donald Trump — the man who has been called America’s "first White president," appeared at the Chicago convention of the National Association of Black Journalists for a Q&A session moderated by ABC News correspondent Rachel Scott, Semafor reporter Kadia Goba and Fox News host Harris Faulkner. This event has already become legendary.
The decision by NABJ leadership to host the multiply-convicted and twice-impeached former president was met with great controversy. Conference co-chair Karen Attiah resigned in protest. At MSNBC, Ja'han Jones writes that the group "faced a deluge of denunciations from journalists and activists" for offering a platform to a man "who has denigrated the free press, spread racist propaganda and repeatedly insulted Black journalists." In fact, Jones continues, NABJ has repeatedly denounced "Trump’s illiberal behavior and attacks on its members," yet still hosted an event at which an "audience full of journalists" was not permitted to ask questions.
