Trump used the press as human shields but the White House Correspondents Association has barely raised a grumble. Margaret Sullivan on what should have been the last straw:
So what did the White House Correspondents Association do?
Its new president, Jacqui Heinrich, a Fox News correspondent, had a talk last week with White House officials to express the organization’s concerns and to suggest different protocols. She also sent an off-the-record memo to WHCA members explaining she had had a “candid and productive meeting” with White House officials.
And that, apparently, was that. A quiet meeting and a quiet memo — sadly weak — along the lines of all those pointless “thoughts and prayers” we hear about after a mass shooting.
Journalists as Trump's 'human shields' should be the WHCA's last strawmargaretsullivan.substack.comInstead, the response of the press group's leader, a Fox News correspondent, was pitifully weak