Donald Trump speaks during the National Governors Association Evening Dinner. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)
On Monday, Donald Trump shocked much of the media industry when he announced that he had accepted an invitation to attend this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, after breaking with long-standing tradition by shunning the annual black-tie celebration of press freedom throughout his first term. In a characteristically bombastic post on Truth Social, Trump said the WHCA had asked him “very nicely” to be the event’s honoree and promised to turn what is typically dubbed “nerd prom” into the “GREATEST, HOTTEST, and MOST SPECTACULAR DINNER, OF ANY KIND, EVER!”
Needless to say, the revelation that Trump had been invited to attend, and that the WHCA had celebrated his acceptance as welcome news, did not sit well with a number of journalists who have covered the White House. Status spoke with more than a half-dozen WHCA members this week, most of whom…
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Long Live the King
Gayle King hosts "CBS Mornings." (Screen grab via Snapstream/CBS)
Gayle King is sticking with CBS News, inking a new deal with the Bari Weiss-led network and putting to rest speculation she might depart. “Rumors of my demise were inaccurate and greatly exaggerated,” King said in a statement to The WSJ’s Isabella Simonetti and Joe Flint. “CBS News is my longtime home, and I am committed to our mission.” That said, the carefully crafted language around the deal leaves open the question of just how long King will remain in her current role on "CBS Mornings." King noted in her statement that she is “open to new adventures,” a phrase that caught the eye of seasoned television observers. Sure, it could simply mean that King will expand into some digital projects. But industry veterans I spoke with…
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