A Little Humour Too Much For The White House Press

The WHCD has always included a roast, so long as I can remember back to the W Bush years. Colbert’s roast of Bush is among my most favourite moments in history.

Why are you guys making this about Sarah’s looks? I said she burns facts and uses the ash to create a *perfect* smoky eye. I complimented her eye makeup and her ingenuity of materials. https://t.co/slII9TYdYx

— Michelle Wolf (@michelleisawolf) April 29, 2018

Anyway, Michelle Wolf did a great job of holding truth to power in a funny way, and some in the Press are having none of it. One wants a “singed” roast, but not too burnt. Well sorry, but if the media was roasting the crooked politicians like their jobs dictate, then comedians could stick to the simple light roasts.

https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/990781036446605312

When did it become okay to be more offended by what someone with no power says than by what someone with power does?

— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) April 29, 2018

Z. Just imagine when people around the world see the @WHCA dinner and see a comic making fun of the President…isn't that what we used to be about? Offering hope? Setting an example?

— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) April 30, 2018

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— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) April 29, 2018

Andrea Mitchell, a senior figure in Washington journalism, is calling on the press to apologize to @PressSec and everyone offended by a comic's routine. https://t.co/EhC2cVIe0g

— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) April 29, 2018

https://twitter.com/drvox/status/990662028137152512

#WHCA, the organization that represents journalists who cover the White House is siding with the press secretary who lies to those journalists rather than the comedian who called her out on those lies. That's all you need to know about how messed up coverage of Trump is right now https://t.co/gKMEh3BmIT

— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) April 30, 2018

If some in the press were as hemmed up by this @WhiteHouse’s open embrace of white supremacy, misogyny, mass incarceration, environmental pollution, corporate corruption, and defecation on the First Amendment as they are about what a comedian said, we might be getting somewhere.

— Jamil Smith جميل كريم (@JamilSmith) April 29, 2018

Glass House Apologizes For Inviting Stone-Thrower To Annual Stone-Throwing Gala

— Kelsey D. Atherton (@AthertonKD) April 30, 2018

https://twitter.com/DrSCubed/status/990721718225268736

You know, it's almost like there's a different standard for the white guy that "speaks his mind," and for women, who are immediately labeled "vulgar" and "insulting."

(Trust me, there is.)

— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) April 29, 2018

https://twitter.com/PoliticalEmilia/status/990643289450729473
https://twitter.com/PoliticalEmilia/status/990450111091064833

Ms. Wolf, a comedian, drew
Rebuke for the punches she threw.
What naysayers miss,
However, is this:
Her jokes were all funny and true.

— Limericking (@Limericking) April 29, 2018

yes, how dare these powerful elites pick on a simple… [checks notes] koch brothers lobbyist https://t.co/datkWYebin

— Ashley Feinberg (ashleyfeinberg.bsky.social) (@ashleyfeinberg) April 29, 2018

Hey mags! All these jokes were about her despicable behavior. Sounds like you have some thoughts about her looks though? 😘 https://t.co/JRzzvhBuey

— Michelle Wolf (@michelleisawolf) April 29, 2018

Thank you! https://t.co/0Nsx5ZBj8c

— Michelle Wolf (@michelleisawolf) April 29, 2018