And now it's going to get worse. It's hard to imagine anything that could have been more disastrous for the American journalism at this precarious moment than the 2018 White House Correspondents' Dinner. To the haters on the far right, the event only served to fuel every grievance — some legitimate (black-tie journalists sucking up to celebrities and the powerful they cover, out of touch with the average American) and some ridiculous (the lie that Sanders' looks were mocked, or the fainting spell over Wolf's crudity by these supporters of "President Grab 'Em By the [P-word]") — that elected an authoritarian president in 2016 and could do so again in 2020. And the left just lost any lingering respect for the already abused notion of accountability journalism inside the Beltway. All of which makes it easier for Trumpism to finish crushing the 1st Amendment.