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Working there is fine, but partying on location is a threat to free speech!

Working there is fine, but partying on location is a threat to free speech!

Chalk this one up to pure emotion-driven reactions. How else to explain a veteran newsman claiming staging a press party at the White House could damage our democracy?!

Some of the talk following Saturday’s calamitous White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) gala has been on the increased need for the White House ballroom, over security concerns. While many journalists have said that it is unlikely to ever take place, longtime managing editor of Time Magazine, and current MS NOW figure Richard Stengel, took it a step further:

Holding a party there could threaten freedom of the press!

By the way, the White House hosting the correspondents dinner in its own ballroom is arguably a violation of the First Amendment: it's government control over press access and expression and could have a chilling effect on criticising the president.— Richard Stengel (@stengel) April 27, 2026

By the way, the White House hosting the correspondents dinner in its own ballroom is arguably a violation of the First Amendment: it's government control over press access and expression and could have a chilling effect on criticising the president.

Now, far be it from us here at RFTH to question a veteran of the media industry, but we have been under the impression that the media have been working AT the White House for…well, ever. They have their own briefing room, and many hold work stations on the property, and so on.

Low-Octane Gaslighting – MS NOW

Just take Ken’s word on this, since he has no other evidence.

Just take Ken’s word on this, since he has no other evidence.

The WHCA shooter had his social media splashed right away, and his manifesto was made public within 24 hours (because he was not a trans shooter), and he was seen to have been following and sharing rather........

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