Fox News Chief White House Correspondent Ed Henry spoke with host Brian Kilmeade on his radio program Kilmeade and Friends Monday morning, where he offered his response to comments Tom Brokaw had made on Sunday's Meet the Press about the White House Correspondents Dinner.
Brokaw, you'll recall, had said that, as he sees, 'it is time to rethink' the dinner, adding that 'I don't think the big press event in Washington should be that kind of glittering event where the whole talk is about Cristal champagne' who had the best party, who got to meet the most people. That's another separation between what we're supposed to be doing and what the people expect us to be doing, and I think the Washington press corps has to look at that.'
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Henry told Kilmeade that, while he respects Brokaw, he must point out that the annual dinner is about more than celebrities ' it's also about raising scholarship money for journalism students in need. He also pointed out that Brokaw had neglected to mention that Italian Embassy party mentioned by Brokaw is hosted by none other than MSNBC. 'He didn't mention that,' said Henry, while agreeing that the Dinner must take care not to merely appear to be a 'celebrity-fest.'
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If reelected, Obama will have Jane Fonda, Louis Farrakhan and Tony Rezko at his table.
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Ed Henry didn't mention the three morons at the FOX Table ' Kim Kardashian, Lindsay Lohan and Greta Van Sustern.
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Good point, better to have a White House correspondents hosted dinner than ones put together by a single company fawning over one or the other party.
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Find another charitable outreach, Ed. The last thing America needs is another opportunity for its celebrity-seeking media members to have another opportunity to strut their pitiful stuff whilst compromising their objectivity.
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