Like the wedding of a wealthy family, it has now replicated into multiple events spread over five days, with the first pre-dinner parties and receptions starting Wednesday night and the last post-dinner brunches scheduled for Sunday. In its second year since the pandemic, the dinner has mushroomed into an even more splashy spectacle. “But then I could be sued for defamation.” When some groaned, he quipped, “It ain’t nothing compared to what they do to me.”

“And hell, I’d call Fox honest, fair and truthful,” he told the crowd gathered in a cavernous ballroom in Washington as well as a national television audience watching at home. “This year, with that $787 million settlement, they’re here because they couldn’t say no to a free meal.” Biden said, in a nod to his coronavirus response strategy. “Last year, your favorite Fox News reporters were able to attend” the dinner “because they were fully vaccinated and boosted,” Mr. Carlson on Monday just days after settling a defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million. Biden made the most of the opportunity with some timely skewering of those who usually skewer him - most notably Fox News, which fired Mr.

In his annual appearance at the black-tie White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, the one night a year that a president is expected to play a stand-up comic, Mr. Biden took advantage on Saturday night as he gleefully mocked some of his favorite foils. Whatever news gods decided that the cable television stars Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon should be fired the same week that President Biden was scheduled to give a funny speech ribbing the news media certainly were generous in providing fresh material.

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