Keith Edwards Responds to Jasmine Crockett Backlash
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Hello, sir. Hi. So you're in D.C. now, back again. I'm back, back to ground zero. Why?
Should journalists attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner when the president attacks the press?
why I'm here for the White House Correspondents, not the dinner, but the events. You're not going to the dinner? No. Why not? Are you going to the dinner? No. No.
I can't. I can't. Here's my.
Why does Keith Edwards refuse to normalize being arrested by attending formal press events?
Would they arrest you if you showed up?
That's the thing. Why would I go and sit and like have champagne with people who arrested me? And so I feel like sitting there and sipping champagne in the tuxedo is kind of normalizing it. And it's this isn't normal. Well, and legitimize.
I feel the exact same way. Like he's obviously going to make fun of the press. Because he's going to give a little speech, right? And so what do the press do in that moment? Do they laugh at themselves? Do they laugh at him? He's been such an enemy of the First Amendment. And this is really just supposed to be a celebration of that. And he is someone who's been constantly fighting. So I don't understand going. I understand wanting to be here to have community and that sort of thing. But going to that event...
When you think about the people who are going, what do you say to them? Or what do you think of them?
I don't, I mean, oh God, I don't feel, I don't feel very, like I don't understand it. But you said to me you think they should reevaluate their lives. I think they should reevaluate their lives. Because he, because he is, like why do you want to celebrate with someone who wants to take away your profession? Or wants to control how you speak? It doesn't make sense to me. The First Amendment is number one because it's the most important. And he's been the number one enemy of it. So I just don't get it. I mean, you're not going. I wish I could talk to someone to explain to me why it's important that they're there. Well, people tell me I don't want to go.
But my corporate media friends, many of them are like, I got to go. Like the company asked me to go. And if they ask you to go, you have to go. And some people think, look, I had someone on this morning talking about journalists. I mean, I guess he is now, sort of, because he's in the Pentagon briefing room. It's Charlie from TMZ, was on the show today. And Charlie said, oh, I think you should go. I would want to be in that room so that I can report it. And I said, but the people in that room aren't reporting on it.
Mm-hmm.
I mean, maybe they'll come out and report on it later, but still, they're still in there celebrating it as a party with the very same people who want their jobs to either take away their jobs or to have to report to them first before they can report on what's happening. And so he thinks of that, you should go.
TMZ's a little different, too. TMZ is not really like, you know, they're not doing... They're not doing hard journalism. You know what I mean? So I think that makes sense to me in some respects. But no, I think real journalists, not to besmirch TMZ, which I'm sure has done real journalism, but I think journalists who are actually actively investigating this administration are trying to just tell the truth. It doesn't make sense to me.
The Grindr party. Grindr's having a White House correspondence. Grindr, which not everyone knows what that is. Grindr is a... It's a social media website. It's a... No, it is a gay hookup site. Meet, gay, what is it? Meet.
It's a gay meetup. Yeah, it's an app for gay men to find each other if they... To find love. Perhaps.
Yeah. I know people who have met on Grindr. What's the straight version called again? Tinder.
Tinder.
Yeah, it's kind of like Tinder, except... Tinder with a little bit more skin. Yeah. Yeah. A little bit more nudity. Yes. Yeah, yeah. You know.
It's not so bad.
It's like one of the hottest tickets in town.
It's the one everyone's talking about. Are you going to go to Grindr? I don't know. I might. What does one wear to a Grindr party? Honestly, I've been thinking about that. I'm going to dress kind of MAGA. That's what I'm going to do.
Because that's who should be at a Grindr party?
Well, you know what trade is? I learned what trade is the other day.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:07
2
Should journalists attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner when the president attacks the press?
0:07–0:16
3
Why does Keith Edwards refuse to normalize being arrested by attending formal press events?
0:16–4:02
4
What arguments do supporters give for attending WHCA events and reporting from inside?
4:02–15:58
5
How does Keith describe the changing dynamic between legacy corporate media and digital creators?
15:58–32:32
6
How did Keith respond to public backlash over his criticism of Jasmine Crockett's Senate strategy?
32:32–34:16