The Hill Drops Out of Future White House Correspondents' Dinners

The Hill chairman tells the WHCA his publication is out

The Hill is backing out of next year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, unless the association that oversees the annual black-tie event makes some changes.

“In short, there’s simply no reason for us to participate in something that casts our profession in a poor light,” wrote The Hill chairman James Finkelstein in a letter to the White House Correspondents’ Association and obtained by Adweek.

“The kind of jokes told by this year’s headliner, Michelle Wolf, were out of line for an event that’s supposed to be fun and fair.

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