Radio and Television Correspondents' Association
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The Radio and Television Correspondents Association (RTCA) is an American journalism group best known for holding an annual dinner in Washington, D.C. every year beginning in 1945.[1] The RTCA dinners are usually in March.
The chair-elect of the association for 2008 is Heather Dahl of Fox News.[2]
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[edit] Notable Moments in RTCA Dinner History
In 1983, the RTCA compiled a videotape of various bloopers made in the news, and even music videos about the news, entitled "Tapes of Wrath". A sequel, "Tapes of Wrath II", followed in 1991. In 1996, speaker Don Imus made coarse jokes about President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, which White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry termed "tasteless". [2]
During the 2004 dinner, President George W. Bush mocked himself in a slide show including images of him searching under furniture in the Oval Office for Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, which liberal commentator David Corn termed a "callous and arrogant display". [3]
In 2007, President George W. Bush attended the event for the third time.[1]
[edit] Brief timeline of recent dinners
2001: President Bush makes fun of his own grammar. [3]
2002: No one from White House attends. [4]
2003: Vice President Cheney jokes about President Bush's flight suit. [5]
2004: President Bush jokes about WMD. Controversy erupts. [6]
2005: Vice President Cheney talks about Pope John Paul II. [7]
2006: Vice President Cheney jokes about hunting. [8]
2007: Karl Rove performs rap onstage.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Associated Press, A President walks into a journalists' dinner, March 29, 2007
- ^ Patrick Gavin, RTCA Update, Mediabistro.com FishbowlDC, December 18, 2006
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- ^ C-SPAN, 63rd Annual Radio and Television Correspondents' Association dinner, March 28, 2007, rtsp://video.c-span.org/project/iraq/e032807_RTVCdinner.rm
