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Amber Ruffin Skewers White House Correspondents’ Association After Being Dropped From Dinner: “I Would Have Been So Terrifically Mean”
Ruffin was dropped from the lineup after the WHCA said that they wanted to avoid a "divisive" comic
The WHCA’s president, Eugene Daniels, announced on Saturday that the board had decided to drop a comedic performance from the dinner, despite booking Ruffin earlier this year. “At this consequential moment for journalism, I want to ensure the focus is not on the politics of division but entirely on awarding our colleagues for their outstanding work and providing scholarship and mentorship to the next generation of journalists,” Daniels wrote. On Late Night, Ruffin skewered the notion that calling out injustices would be tagged as “divisive” and that journalism should be solely focused on getting both sides.
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