The White House Correspondents' Dinner, also known as Nerd Prom, is criticized for its display of coziness and lack of journalistic integrity. Journalists mingle with their sources and ignore each other while focusing on Hollywood celebrities. The event is mainly about taking photos with glamorous celebrities.

John Oliver offers his take on the star-studded White House Correspondents Dinner, affectionately known as, "Nerd Prom."

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Now, Ukraine would have been the talk of the town in Washington all this week if they hadn't spent the whole last 7 days party planning for last night.

The White House Correspondents' Dinner, lovingly called Nerd Prom.

Amazingly, it's actually even worse than it sounds.

It is a real alarming display of coziness where you can see such majestic sights as National Security Advisor Susan Rice asking for an autograph from the guy from Duck Dynasty.

Both of them could justifiably look the other 1 in the eyes and say, what the fuck are you doing here?

It's a night when journalists celebrate their independence by hanging out with their sources, and celebrates their importance by utterly ignoring 1 another in favor of Hollywood stars.

In fact, the main purpose of the evening seems to be providing photos of glamorous celebrities completely unaware of who they are standing next to.


Speaker 0: And the news of the election. Now, Ukraine would have been the talk of the town in Washington all this week if they hadn't spent the whole last 7 days party planning for last night. The White House Correspondents' Dinner, lovingly called Nerd Prom. We call it the Nerd prom. This weekend.

Ha, ha, ha. Ha, ha, ha. Nerd prom. Ha, ha, ha. Amazingly, it's actually even worse than it sounds.

It is a real alarming display of coziness where you can see such majestic sights as National Security Advisor Susan Rice asking for an autograph from the guy from Duck Dynasty. -... -... Both of them could justifiably look the other 1 in the eyes and say, what the fuck are you doing here? --LAUGHTER --And they'd both be right.

It's a night when journalists celebrate their independence by hanging out with their sources, and celebrates their importance by utterly ignoring 1 another in favor of Hollywood stars. In fact, the main purpose of the evening seems to be providing photos of glamorous celebrities completely unaware of who they are standing next to.

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