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【Global Network Report】According to Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao and Reuters, the White House held a dinner for the White House Journalists Association, which was suspended for two years due to the new crown epidemic, local time, and US President Biden "praised" journalists who reported on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in his speech. It is worth noting that Reuters pointed out in the report that despite the recent increase in new crown cases in Washington, Biden did not wear a mask when he spoke at the dinner that day.
Reuters: The White House Correspondents' Association dinner resumed, and Biden praised journalists covering the Ukrainian crisis
Reuters said the White House Correspondents Association dinner was suspended for two years due to the coronavirus pandemic and was boycotted during Trump's presidency.
On April 30, local time, US President Joe Biden attended the White House Correspondents Association Dinner.
As soon as the dinner began, Biden joked with his low approval rating: "Tonight, I'm really happy to be with the only group of Americans with a lower approval rating than me." He then expressed his "gratitude" to journalists who had "bravely" covered ukraine and other regions and called for "national unity." According to reports, he also described the media attending the dinner as the so-called "free media" and declared that "you free media are more important than at any time in the last century, and I am serious."
Even though Biden praised these US media reporters who reported on the situation in Ukraine as "brave" and described them as so-called "free media", some commentators have pointed out that since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the US media has in fact been complicit with the US government, constantly adding fuel to the fire on the Ukraine issue and provoking war to profit from it.
According to Reuters, the dinner was attended by media reporters, executives, U.S. government officials and some celebrities, including Kim Kardashian and comedian Pete Davidson. However, Reuters noted in the report that the recent increase in the number of new crown infections in Washington has brought a potentially cautious mood to the White House dinner. Dinner organizers demanded that every attendee be tested for covid-19, and some senior officials, including infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, withdrew from the event.
But while extra precautions were taken at the event, such as skipping the dinner section and attending only the speech session, Biden did not wear a mask when speaking, the report said. Reuters also said that in recent weeks, Biden has not worn masks in most of the white house events attended by many people, but the attendance at these events is lower than the dinner held on Saturday local time, and about 2600 people are expected to attend that day.
Founded in 1914, the White House Correspondents Association is an organization of media journalists covering the White House and the President of the United States. The association has hosted dinners almost every year since 1921.