Tom Brokaw says Lindsay Lohan and Donald Trump ruin White House Correspondents' Dinner

Zap2It ^ | 4/26/2013 | Molly Chance

[Badabing Badablonde]

Tom Brokaw sat out the last White House Correspondents Association Dinner, and he plans to do it again in 2013. The veteran newsman says the increasing tabloid level go the invited guests is what ruined it for him. "For me the breaking point was Lindsay Lohan," Brokaw tells Politico. "She became a big star at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Give me a break."

The former "NBC Nightly News" anchor says the annual dinner must leave home viewers wondering, "'That's the Washington press corps?' I mean, there was more dignity at my daughter's junior prom than there is, what I'm seeing on C-SPAN here."

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Brokaw recalls the year he took author and automobile magnate Lee Iacocca as his guest to the dinner, he ended the night embarrassed by all the drunk reporters asking for autographs.

[Badabing Badablonde]

Not exactly Pulitzer reporting (misspelled Politico), but amusing still. Exhibiting professional jealousy against Lohan because he's not the center of attention?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Tom's just now realizing that he's nothing but a tabloid celebrity?

[bramps]

From the article:
“’That's the Washington press corps?’ I mean, there was more dignity at my daughter's junior prom than there is, what I'm seeing on C-SPAN here.”

What a dad! He chooses to denigrate his daughter in order to illustrate his point.

[Starstruck]

The former "NBC Nightly News" anchor says the annual dinner must leave home viewers wondering, "'That's the Washington press corps?'

I've been wondering the same thing after watching them operate since 2009.

[nascarnation]

But they had PSY this year. How awesome it that?

#pathetic

[Common Sense 101]

This tripe, from another teleprompter reading moron. Hey Tommy, considering the vile POS that currently infests the White House, the guests are appropriate.

[Gaffer]

The former "NBC Nightly News" anchor says the annual dinner must leave home viewers wondering, "'That's the Washington press corps?' I mean, there was more dignity at my daughter's junior prom than there is, what I'm seeing on C-SPAN here."

No, Tom, the common people aren't wondering about Lohan and whatever dignity she exhibited. They are actually wondering why in the hell your polluted, biased, destructive news personna, the tripe and lies you reported all those years, the hatred and division you sowed, all that condemnation of decency, and all that exaltation for perversion by you and your putrid ilk actually got as far as it did.

You can take your screwed up pronunciation and stick it up your coddled, undeserving ass, you traitor. Go take some speech classes O'tard.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Exactly.

[Chode]

[Mamzelle]

Isn’t Brokaw pushing eighty? Junior prom...did he have a daughter in his seventies? How dignified is that?

[Drango]

I say it’s the media that ruins the dinner.

[bigbob]

Save the phony outrage for the biased reporting and blatant politicing of your own network, Brokaw - nobody cares what they do at some dopey dinner that raises money for charity. In fact, invite more celebs and raise even more money, there is no journalistic professionalism on the air so why should there be any at a dopey dinner?

[Sgt_Schultze]

Sure, Tom,

Dignity?

[Paladin2]

The Press Corpse has dignity?

[Malone LaVeigh]

Get over yourself Tom

[AdaGray]

Tom, of course, a ‘real’ journalist and above it all.

[Moonman62]

Brokaw recalls the year he took author and automobile magnate Lee Iacocca as his guest to the dinner, he ended the night embarrassed by all the drunk reporters asking for autographs.

Drunk reporters. There's the problem.

[FreeAtlanta]

I wish we could get a conservative president who who do away with this stupid dinner. I am sure a ton of money is wasted just trying to stroke each other.

[ErnBatavia]

[M-cubed]

Please.....oh please.... Forward that lil rant to Tom himself!....

Its just too good to waste preaching to the choir here!