(Setting this up Sunday night for Monday AM; more storms expected overnight here, which could be feisty. This is an important read, and I thank Ten Bears for posting it Sunday. I only got to it shortly before bedtime Sunday.)
I don’t get to Emptywheel’s blog as often as I used to, I’m sorry to say. I’m going to give a snippet, and you should go read the rest; it’s not too long. This sort of reminds me of when the fact that GW wasn’t elected in any way, rather being given the presidency through a civil suit judgment was reported for a minute, but then everybody told everybody to shut up about it, even while GW was pushing USA PATRIOT.
Dinner and a Show: What Isn’t Being Discussed after WHCA ‘Nerd Prom’
by Rayne | Apr 26, 2026 | Media, Trump 2.0 | 115 comments
[NB: check the byline, thanks. /~Rayne]
Thanks to a brouhaha at the White House Correspondents’ Association’s (WHCA) annual dinner, the media outlets in attendance are derailed and will feature the tumult prominently on their print front page or their home or splash page online.
They will demote discussions about other critically important news, and they will compromise themselves in the process because they will have become part of the news instead of reporting information of importance to the public.
Already demoted on Google News’ headline page:
Notice how all the headlines on these stories — likely published by media outlets with representatives at tonight’s WHCA dinner — make it sound as if Trump called off the negotiations with Iran.
Instead, Iran’s representative left Pakistan before scary Victorian doll son-in-law Jared Kushner and real estate developer Steve Witkoff arrived on behalf of Trump.
The media won’t be discussing how much closer the Trump-caused global energy shock has become because Iran has no use for whatever Kushner and Witkoff were going to present — or for them as negotiators having been burned by them before.
The same media outlets with WHCA members warming seats and kneepads this evening at the “nerd prom” will deprecate coverage of the schism between Trump and the GOP Congressional Caucus and Ghislaine Maxwell’s possible presidential pardon.
There will be less effort about the interesting timing of this story about Epstein’s groomer/fixer/partner:
Maxwell Sends Mystery USB to DOJ Days After Melania Bombshell
and the uptick in rumors regarding a pardon:
And certain media outlets are sure to fluff Trump by providing him with ample narcissistic supply (hello, now-Ellison-owned CNN and CBS) while others push Trump’s favorite talking points about needing a ballroom.
Never mind the same Secret Service that couldn’t prevent tonight’s altercation will also be on duty at the Versailles-like Hall of Mirrors Trump wants to contain his bloated narcissism.
Meanwhile, stories like the coverup of damage to US military positions and assets by Iran have already been knocked completely out of the way. This topic:
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