At the WHCA dinner, journalists defended their role in democracy while highlighting the press's importance under attacks from the Trump administration. With the absence of both the current president and the typical jovial atmosphere surrounding the event, Eugene Daniels of the WHCA underscored the longstanding tradition of inviting presidents to remind them of their duty to support a free press. Despite the muted affair, the gathering served as a crucial moment for defending press freedoms against rising hostility from political figures.
As guests watched, Daniels continued: We journalists are a lot of things. We are competitive and pushy. We are impatient and sometimes we think we know everything, but we're also human.
Eugene Daniels noted that presidents from both sides of the political spectrum are invited every year. We don't invite presidents of the United States to this because it's for them, he said.
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