Larry Wilmore pulls no punches at the White House Correspondents' Dinner

No media organization was safe.
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Laura Vitto
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Larry Wilmore pulls no punches at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
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The Nightly Show's Larry Wilmore's White House Correspondents' Dinner wasted few words before getting to the real reason people voluntarily tune into C-SPAN once a year: The cut-throat media jokes.

No one was safe, from Fox News to CNN to MSNBC. One example: "I am a black man who replaced a white man who pretended to be a TV newscaster. So, yeah, in that way, Lester Holt and I have a lot in common." Oof, sorry Brian Williams.

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Laura Vitto

Laura Vitto was Mashable's Deputy Culture Editor.


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