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That's my opinion. >> it was veiled. sure. everyone can see it a different way. everyone was in pain on the stage. can you agree? >> what i will say is this whole event has become problematic. it is not journalistic. it is a celebration of the wrong values. >> right. >> and if you invite a comedian to it, you are putting the entire press core on the hook for whatever that comedian says. you are. >> yeah. >> and it's pointless. and i've watched this stupid theater play out year after year and this year we have the most powerful man in the world, the president, and the party that controls every ...

Cover first. >> for mika and me, at least, that was our thought going into the white house correspondent's dinner. we haven't gone in a while. don't knock those that do go. >> we didn't go this weekend. >> but these are really serious times. and people are doing extraordinary work. and journalists across the world are more in danger today than they have been in quite some time. and they're doing extraordinary work. so, why do you not have an awards show? why don't you just reward the people who are doing the most extraordinary journalism and have an inspiring speech and be done with that bec...

Are being put in prison for propagating what is being called by authoritarian regimes fake news is on the rise. i think you're right the white house correspondent's dinner ought to be a celebration of those people and the work they do rather than the naval-gazing event where we look at ourselves and become the headline. every time we talk about ourselves, we're not doing our industry any favors. we should not be consuming hours of news time talking about ourselves and our own industry. we should be honoring those people around the world, seven more have been killed, local journalists in afgh...

Some say, went off the rails. what stood out to you? were you there? i'm hearing the room was icy and didn't like it and you could see the people on stage who were in complete pain at times during this performance. >> it's monday, it's time to get back to work, focus on the reporting. i was at the dinner. what i'm looking at in my notebook mika is not so much the dinner because the lawmakers i'm covering, the people i'm covering aren't paying attention to it. they pay attention to the president's speech and say how can republicans echo that kind of message, that kind of rambling speech he gave...

Don't make it a spectacle. >> the benefit of doing that -- 50 reporters were killed around the world 2, 250 reporters are in prison. the number of reporters being put in prison for crimes of so-called fake news by authority and regimes is rising. there is a moment at which we can be highlighteding the important work of journalism around the world in this country and other countries. the problem with what we do at the white house correspondents dinner is you undermine trust in journalism, you could make this an event that boosts trusts in journalism by showing what journalists are doing. >> if ...