Why I’m skipping the White House Correspondents

I turned down a seat at Washington’s most exclusive table and chose a memorial instead. What that decision says about power, access, and the stories we tell ourselves this weekend.

Welcome back to The Red Letter from Washington.

Over the next few days, I’ll be attending a number of White House Correspondents’ Dinner events and I’ll be reporting from inside them here.

But I won’t be at the dinner itself.

I turned down a generous invitation this year. It didn’t feel right.

Not in a moment when the president has escalated attacks on the …