Inside the White House press dinner shooting

About this episode

The episode discusses a security incident at the White House correspondent's dinner where a suspect attempted to enter armed, featuring insights from a journalist present during the event.

Donald Trump’s dislike of the press has seen him repeatedly refuse to attend the annual White House correspondent’s dinner in Washington DC. But this year he’d taken his seat not long before a 31 year old tried to burst into the function room armed with guns and knives. The US president has described the suspect as ‘sick’. Today, we speak with Missy Ryan, staff writer at The Atlantic magazine, who was in the room when the chaos began. Featured: Missy Ryan, staff writer at The Atlantic

People in this episode

Guest: Missy Ryan

Topics covered

• White House press dinner
• Donald Trump
• press relations
• security incident
• journalism

Keywords

• White House
• press dinner
• Donald Trump
• Missy Ryan
• security incident
• journalism
• The Atlantic

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Atlantic

Places: Washington DC

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