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Bold move — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Euan_MacDonald: First major German politician to visit Kyiv, and he's from the opposition. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Acosta: Back with you at 4p eastern. Joining us to discuss the day's news... @PeterZwack @JohnAvlon @MargaretHoover @davidfrum @MariaTC… — PolitiTweet.org

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I'll join @Acosta on CNN a little past 4 pm ET today. Among other topics, we'll discuss today's Memorial Service for former VP Walter Mondale. — PolitiTweet.org

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If you're following the agricultural crisis triggered by Russian invasion of Ukraine, here's an account you should know ... — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @timkmak: Good morning to readers; hello from Ukraine. Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands, and was the site of a U.S. congressional deleg… — PolitiTweet.org

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Chef's kiss — PolitiTweet.org

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6c) Some complain about journalists honoring each other. In a world where 364 days a year, so many journalists face harassment, intimidation, arrest, kidnap, even death - it's not so terrible that one night a year be devoted to honoring the profession at its best. END — PolitiTweet.org

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6b) Journalists, executives, and advertisers likewise all need each other. For all the hazards obvious in advertiser-supported journalism, we should understand that the alternative is as likely to look like Infowars as it is to look like PBS or ProPublica. — PolitiTweet.org

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6a) Anti-WHCD commentary often sees something wrong in journalists talking informally to the people they cover. But effective information-gathering is not achieved by always treating sources/subjects as enemies. Press and politicians mutually need to understand each other. — PolitiTweet.org

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6) Part of the ritual of the WHCD event are the articles denouncing and mocking the event. These articles are typically based on a series of assumptions about the media business that in my opinion do not survive scrutiny: — PolitiTweet.org

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5) Attendees were obliged to enter vaccination cards and same-day negative COVID test into the Bindle app. Masks however were rare. Now - suspense about the outcome. https://t.co/z6tUImGRBH — PolitiTweet.org

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4) Biden speech was delivered with greater zest and vigor than has been seen in a while. If you were wondering about president's mental and physical state: you've got a reassuring answer. Jokes were cornier than Obama's to-the-edge style - but the message about freedom: forceful — PolitiTweet.org

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3) Fox evening line-up was (appropriately) absent; Fox working journalists applauded as forcefully as anyone else the honors paid to their colleagues who risked all to cover Ukraine war. — PolitiTweet.org

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2) Compared to Clinton-W. Bush-Obama events, 2022 WHCD dinner was light on celebrities ... and heavy on the publishers/ advertisers crucial to success of new and expanding media ventures. They are crucial to the mission, and it was good to see them in attendance. — PolitiTweet.org

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Some thoughts on WH Correspondents Dinner 2022: 1) Impressed by the seriousness and earnestness of the event, especially excellent speech by @stevenportnoy - who in shadow of Trump's violence and Putin's war argued the indispensability of free press to survival of democracy — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mattwilstein: That cut to Peter Doocy... “Everyone had to prove they were fully vaccinated and boosted. So if you are at home watchin… — PolitiTweet.org

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Was Kevin McCarthy not invited to accompany Pelosi to Kyiv or did he refuse to go? The gesture would have been even stronger if both leaders had traveled — PolitiTweet.org

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Pelosi does not name any Republicans in her delegation to Kyiv https://t.co/9Ag6UkBZ08 — PolitiTweet.org

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Pelosi delegation to Kyiv included Rep Barbara Lee, usually regarded as a leader of "left" of Democratic caucus on foreign policy/security issues — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KyleWOrton: Should have been obvious from the start, but #China's COVID numbers - as with all of the CCP state's official statistics -… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JonHaidt: I had a great talk with my friend @Yascha_Mounk, who created @JoinPersuasion, a major new addition to the "constitution of kn… — PolitiTweet.org

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The most racist show in the history of television. Quite an accomplishment — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mrsorokaa: According to Ukraine’s Armed Forces, Russia lost over 1,000 tanks since the start of the full-scale invasion. No European c… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AP: Restaurants in Beijing have been ordered to close dine-in services over the May holidays as the Chinese capital grapples with a COV… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @andersostlund: Russian losses in Donbas mounting, might halt offensive. Good thread. https://t.co/wLq63XmWLU — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @timkmak: Let me take you into a factory in Zaporizhzhia: what once was a place where garden swing sets were built is now a place where… — PolitiTweet.org

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DeSantis a strong believer in freedom of speech for people who criticize politicians other than himself — PolitiTweet.org

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Pretty weird that so many self-described American conservatives are backing the side that wants to put the Lenin statues back UP https://t.co/reuUug0V73 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SarahLongwell25: Buy this book! If you know @Timodc you know it’s going to be good. https://t.co/aWnLPUw22O — PolitiTweet.org