Roberts was one of four journalists invited to the dinner, the others being David Gregory of NBC; Steve Holland of Reuters, and Richard Wolffe of Newsweek.
Will Bunch blogs for the Philadelphia Daily News: "The kind of people you won't find on a list like this are everyday Americans, plumbers and accountants and bus drivers and secretaries, the folks who pay the taxes and raise the young men and women who are fighting and dying to support the U.S. (and British) gambit in Iraq. Those who do attend these affairs, on the other hand, are the closest that America comes to producing its own royalty.
"That said, why in the name of God are four working journalists among those attending this state dinner -- not as reporters with a notebook or a camera but as guests munching on Dover sole and dancing into the night with America's own brand of dukes and earls? . . .
"Reporters -- whether they work in Washington, D.C. or a small mountain town in Washington State -- ought to be the voice of the kind of people who don't get invited to white-tie affairs, the handymen and school teachers, not the politicians and billionaires."
& they wonder why no one has any respect for journalists anymore. When will they learn, or at least figure it out? Emphasis added.
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Speaking of religion - what about Al Sharpton's Mormon comment? Maybe Don Imus will call for Sharpton to be fired from whatever it is that he does. Remember the Imus rule? And, no, this isn't the first time Sharpton's mouth got away with him.
Al Sharpton is not responsible for Imus' racism.
Looks like Al has a Get Out of Jail Free card.
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