thoughts from an empty head

Karl Frisch
Media Matters for America

Dear Mr. Frisch:

While I perusing my feeds this afternoon, I noticed your post concerning the annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, which you referred to with the appellation of “nerd prom”.

Well, I am sorry to inform you, sir, but that label has been already taken, and by better people that the gathering of stuffed shirts and overblown egos that collected themselves around a mediocre meal this evening.

Allow me to introduce you to the denizens of what the internet already knows as “nerd prom”.

Now, while you may see certain patterns of behavior that are similar to the gaggle of idiots you are forced to spend the evening with, I would like to say that I would rather spend my day avoiding the con crud and breathing deep the odor of overheated and underbathed nerds in San Diego, or any other comic book convention locale, than spend five minutes with the overpaid morons you now find yourself among. The costumed folk are, as a whole, a more decent lot than the fools you are trapped with.

If you are searching for a suitable hashtag for the Correspondents’ Dinner, might I suggest “#stenoconXX”, where XX is the year. That hastag is short for “White House Stenographers and Whorebags Conference”, which, given the ever-present downward spiral that modern journalism finds itself after the last few decades, is more than appropriate. At least, I hope it still is – they aren’t letting Jeff Gannon in the front door still, are they?

Enjoy your meal, sir. And I look forward to more of your work on Media Matters.

Regards,

Steven Perez
Observer and raconteur, thoughts from an empty head

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