Radio and Television Correspondents' Association explained

The Radio and Television Correspondents' Association of Washington, D.C. (RTCA)[1] is an American broadcast journalism group of news reporters from around the world who cover the United States Congress.[2] Founded in 1939,[2] RTCA is best known for holding an annual dinner in Washington, D.C.,[3] not to be confused with the higher profile White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.

Chair of the Association

Awards

RTCA Dinners

As is the case with the similar but more exclusive WHCA Dinner,[5] the attention given to the Association's activities are far outweighed by the focus on the dinner's guest list and pre-dinner receptions and post-dinner parties hosted by various media organizations.[6]

Also as is true of the WHCA Dinner and Gridiron Club Dinner, the RTCA Dinner has been subject to criticism that it encourages journalists to engage in undue coziness with the political officials they are supposed to fairly cover, and also that the public spectacle of "playing footsie" with reporters' main subjects is bringing the political press into disgrace.[7]

Notable RTCA dinners

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 1995, President Bill Clinton.[8] In 1996, speaker Don Imus made coarse jokes[9] [10] [11] about President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, which White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry termed "tasteless".[12]

During the 2004 dinner, President George W. Bush mocked himself in a slideshow 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".[13]

In 2007, President George W. Bush attended the event for the third time, and JibJab premiered its latest satiric animation, What We Call The News[14] [15]

On Tuesday, June 16, 2009, president Barack Obama and humorist, author, and actor John Hodgman were the headline speakers at the 2009 RTCA Dinner.[16] At the dinner, JibJab premiered its animated video, "He's Barack Obama."[17] [18]

Brief timeline of recent dinners

See also

References

  1. http://www.rtcacaphill.org/constitution/ RTCA Constitution
  2. http://www.rtcacaphill.org/about-rtca About Us
  3. http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/28/bush.broadcasters.ap/ Associated Press, A President walks into a journalists' dinner, March 29, 2007
  4. http://www.rtcacaphill.org/awards Awards
  5. http://time-blog.com/swampland/2007/03/radio_and_television_correspon.html Ana Marie Cox, Radio and Television Correspondents' Association Dinner, Time Magazine Swampland blog, March 29, 2007
  6. http://www.jossip.com/bill-oreilly/rtca-field-report-geraldo-came-to-party-20070329/ RTCA Field Report: Geraldo Came To Party, Jossip.com, March 29, 2007
  7. http://www.prweek.com/us/news/article/648526/Joke-press-annual-DC-dinners/ Hamilton Nolan, Joke is on the press at annual DC dinners, PRWeek, April 3, 2007
  8. Web site: President Clinton at the 1995 Radio & TV Correspondents' Association Dinner. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/01tRdTvmKpo . 2021-12-14 . live. clintonlibrary42. 10 December 2012. 30 April 2017. YouTube.
  9. Web site: Super Imus Links Page - Imus' Speech to the Radio & TV Correspondent's Dinner. archive.org. 30 April 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/19990824202610/http://imonthe.net/imus/ispeech.htm. 24 August 1999.
  10. Web site: Don Imus in 1996 at Radio & TV Correspondents Dinner. https://web.archive.org/web/20180501231916/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JMj8TThD50 . 2018-05-01 . dead. Richard Binckley. 3 November 2016. 30 April 2017. YouTube.
  11. Web site: Don Imus at 1996 Radio & TV Dinner (Mar 1996). Josh Burdick. 11 May 2016. 30 April 2017. YouTube.
  12. Web site: C-SPAN Shop. https://web.archive.org/web/20070311080605/http://www.c-spanstore.org/shop/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=70684-1. 2007-03-11.
  13. Web site: MIA WMDs-For Bush, It's a Joke . https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120827204951/http://www.thenation.com/blogs/david-corn?pid=1336 . 2012-08-27 . dead .
  14. Web site: JibJab.com - Holiday eCards, Birthday Cards, and More. JibJab Media. Inc.. jibjab.com. 30 April 2017.
  15. News: JibJab Debuts Video Lampooning News Media. Businesswire. March 29, 2007. 2007-04-17.
  16. Web site: John Hodgman . https://web.archive.org/web/20120525084743/http://areasofmyexpertise.com/ . 2012-05-25 .
  17. Web site: He's Barack Obama « The JibJab Blog. jibjab.com. 30 April 2017.
  18. Web site: JibJab.com - Holiday eCards, Birthday Cards, and More. JibJab Media. Inc.. jibjab.com. 30 April 2017.
  19. Web site: 1995 Radio and Television Correspondents' Association Dinner. C-SPAN.
  20. Web site: Bill Clinton with Darrell Hammond. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/uNkIzvBJPW4 . 2021-12-14 . live. Caleb Rojas Castillo. 28 February 2010. 30 April 2017. YouTube.
  21. Web site: Darrell Hammond & Norm MacDonald at 1997 Radio & Tv Dinner (Mar 1997). https://web.archive.org/web/20201108104929/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTdQ1EEztKM . 2020-11-08 . dead. Josh Burdick. 12 May 2016. 30 April 2017. YouTube.
  22. Web site: CNN.com - Breaking News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment & Video News . https://web.archive.org/web/20090628163652/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/03/30/bush.correspondents/index.html . 2009-06-28 .
  23. Web site: CNN.com - Transcripts . https://web.archive.org/web/20130116015459/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0203/22/asb.00.html . 2013-01-16 .
  24. Web site: CNN.com - Transcripts . https://web.archive.org/web/20130328193439/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0306/05/ip.00.html . 2013-03-28 .
  25. News: Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis . .
  26. News: Laughs Are Muted at Radio-TV Fete (washingtonpost.com) . https://web.archive.org/web/20121026084851/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32837-2005Apr6.html . dead . 2012-10-26 . .
  27. News: Cheney Hits His Mark At Correspondents' Salute to Congress . https://web.archive.org/web/20080821091413/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/30/AR2006033000003.html . dead . 2008-08-21 . .
  28. C-SPAN, 63rd Annual Radio and Television Correspondents' Association dinner, March 28, 2007, rtsp://video.c-span.org/project/iraq/e032807_RTVCdinner.rm
  29. Web site: Mike Allen, Rove Rap Sheet Brings Down House, The Politico, March 30, 2007 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20130530095515/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0307/3355.html . 2013-05-30 .
  30. Web site: John Hodgman at Radio & TV Correspondents' Dinner. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/yW7OPByRGDY . 2021-12-14 . live. C-SPAN. 19 June 2009. 30 April 2017. YouTube.
  31. Web site: Speaker Boehner at RTCA Dinner. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/t0mFVxiVHOo . 2021-12-14 . live. C-SPAN. 9 June 2012. 30 April 2017. YouTube.
  32. Web site: Wong's Comedian Performance . .
  33. Web site: C-SPAN: Joe Wong at RTCA Dinner. C-SPAN. 18 March 2010. 30 April 2017. YouTube.
  34. Web site: Vice President Biden at RTCA Dinner. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/lNyMu2xuAMI . 2021-12-14 . live. C-SPAN. 18 March 2010. 30 April 2017. YouTube.
  35. Web site: C-SPAN. Mar 30, 2011. 2011 Radio and Television Correspondents' Association Dinner. 25 September 2021.
  36. Web site: Wayne Brady at RTCA Dinner. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/eFW7p57cRkI . 2021-12-14 . live. C-SPAN. 9 June 2012. 30 April 2017. YouTube.
  37. Web site: 2014 Radio and Television Correspondents' Association Dinner C-SPAN.org. 2021-09-26. www.c-span.org. en-us.
  38. Web site: Aasif Mandvi at 2015 RTCA Dinner (C-SPAN). https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/tdWW3EiJcKo . 2021-12-14 . live. C-SPAN. 26 March 2015. 30 April 2017. YouTube.
  39. Web site: Secretary Castro and Representative Castro at 2015 RTCA Dinner (C-SPAN). https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/TC928caVGR8 . 2021-12-14 . live. C-SPAN. 25 March 2015. 30 April 2017. YouTube.
  40. Web site: Hasan Minhaj to Congress at RTCA Dinner 2016 . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/zN7VVSTvlvQ . 2021-12-14 . live. .
  41. Web site: Hasan Minhaj at 2016 RTCA Dinner (C-SPAN). https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/NUymQKZqP6w . 2021-12-14 . live. C-SPAN. 16 June 2016. 30 April 2017. YouTube.
  42. Web site: 2017 Radio and Television Correspondents' Association Dinner, Part Two C-SPAN.org. 2021-09-26. www.c-span.org. en-us.

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