White House Correspondents’ Association
American journalism organization
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The White House Correspondents’ Association, which began in 1914 as a social organization with 11 members, acted as a screening mechanism for admission to the president’s press conferences. The impetus was President Wilson’s threat to cease his press meetings after several journalists published his “off-the-record” comments…
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