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Journalists are supposed to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable, as the adage goes, and the same is often said of comedians. Both groups do their worst work when kissing up to those in power, as opposed to hanging it out to dry. So what should we make of the news that the day after a White House staffer posted complaints about comedian Amber Ruffin on social media, her invitation to perform at the White House Correspondents’ dinner was revoked? Nothing good, I fear.
