00:00 US President Joe Biden used his White House Correspondents' Dinner speech on Saturday
00:06 to request the release of journalist Evan Gershkovich.
00:10 Russia detained the Wall Street Journal reporter last year on charges of espionage.
00:14 The presumptive Democratic presidential candidate also used the star-spangled occasion to toast
00:19 journalism.
00:20 To a free press, to an informed citizenry, to an America where freedom and democracy
00:26 endure.
00:27 However, Biden's 10-minute speech noticeably made no mention of the ongoing Hamas-Israel
00:33 war or the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
00:37 Hordes of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside the dinner to vocalize their criticism
00:42 of the Biden administration's handling of the war as well as the media's.
00:46 The International Federation of Journalists claim 102 media workers have been killed in
00:51 the conflict.
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