Journalists in snit as Prince plays the White House

Today’s news entertainment comes from watching journalists pretend to be upholding the public’s right to know in registering their displeasure that they weren’t invited to a free concert with Prince and Steve Wonder at the White House over the weekend.

The White House press corps got scooped by social media. Five-hundred people showed up at the White House for a party and nobody from the press corps noticed, presumably because they were at home.

Leaving the White House party w/POTUS and FLOTUS. Awesome to see Prince and Stevie Wonder on keyboards together. Unbelievable experience.

— Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl) June 14, 2015

Dancing at The whitehouse to Prince & Stevie Wonder w/ my lady @Ciara Thanks Mr. President & First… https://t.co/BxyKfV4yeT

— Russell Wilson (@DangeRussWilson) June 14, 2015

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Bob Collins

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Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.