Beat the Press: How Team Trump Is Trying to Keep the Media in Check

23/04/2025 37 min
Beat the Press: How Team Trump Is Trying to Keep the Media in Check

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It may seem like an odd time to party in Washington, but journalists and politicos will gather again this weekend at the White House Correspondents Dinner (and slew of late-night soirees and boozy brunches.) Host and Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Radhika Jones, along with executive editor Claire Howorth and Hive editor Michael Calderone, decode this long-running media ritual, which plays out this year as Donald Trump shatters precedents with the press and puts a chill on speech. 

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