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The liberal media was in damage control mode on Sunday after the disgusting comedic performance by Michelle Wolf at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner fell so flat with the public that it left many journalists backpedaling themselves. It was the first topic of discussion on CNN’s Reliable Sources as host Brian Stelter questioned White House Correspondents’ Association President Margaret Talev about Wolf’s act. And when asked, Talev refused to say whether not she thought the “jokes” crossed a line.
Stelter began by wondering if Talev had any regrets about the previous evening. Talev opined about how the event was supposed to be about “unity,” the spirit of “journalism,” and appreciating the administration. But she had only one regret: “Those 15 minutes are now defining four hours of what was a really wonderful, unifying night. And I don't want the cause of unity to be undercut.”
“You're saying the celebration of the First Amendment was overshadowed by Wolf's raunchy jokes,” Stelter asked while Talev made excuses for Wolf’s degenerate performance. “The entertainer is a comedian and as has been the case for most of the last 30 years or so, they are often controversial. They are often, you know, to some extent, polarizing or at least provocative,” she argued. But that’s completely ignoring the fact that Wolf “joked” about dropping a tree on Kellyanne Conway and about killing babies.
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