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Then the whole affair shut down for two years because of COVID.
President Trump showed up exactly zero times during his term.
1 internet for watching famous people eat dinner in a hotel ballroom on a Saturday night.
But as is often true in reboots, things felt a little different.
Biden asked early in his speech.
This year specifically: Why hold a traditional but not necessarily crucial event when COVID is still a factor?
Theyre all here, vaccinated and boosted.
It echoed in the conclusion of Noahs speech as well.
Ask yourself this question, he said.
Ask yourself that question every day, because you have one of the most important roles in the world.
They each got in a few good ones.
Which I guess is why hes sitting at the CNN table tonight.
Noah told a number of jokes at the expense of CNN and itsrecently departed offshoot, CNN+.
Im happy for him.
Hes having a good year.
Last month, he caused a huge international scandal by saying that Vladimir Putin should be removed from power.
It was very, very upsetting to Russia.
Until someone explained to them that none of the stuff Biden wants actually gets done.
Biden not only sat there and took that.
But they did fine, and when youre talking about a reboot, fine is all you need.
Thats certainly enough to grant it another season.
Despite the events of the past four years, the White House Correspondents Dinner cant be permanently canceled.
Its the series that, unlike CNN+, seems destined to keep going whether anyone pays attention or not.
