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White House correspondents dinner: is there still space for humour?

White House correspondents dinner: is there still space for humour?

Politics Weekly America vor 2 Jahren

This week, Jonathan Freedland is joined by Jeff Nussbaum, a former senior speech writer to Joe Biden, to discuss the art of writing gags for presidents and whether there is still space humour in US politics

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The annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner returns
this Saturday for a night of comedy ‘roasting’ – where the great
and the good are ruthlessly mocked in celebration of the freedom of
the press. In recent years, however, the night has taken on a
different tone, with the atmosphere of warm self-deprecation and
bipartisan bonhomie replaced by something more scathing and
serious. This week Jonathan Freedland is joined by Jeff Nussbaum, a
former senior speech writer to Joe Biden, to discuss the art of
writing gags for presidents and whether there is still space for
humour in US politics.