An African journalist has accused the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) of discriminating against him by kicking him out of the association and having a double standard against him.
Simon Ateba, the founder and chief White House correspondent for Today News Africa, was informed last week that his membership to the organization of journalists who cover the White House and the president wouldn’t be renewed. Members are required to renew their membership as early as Jan. 1.
“I regret to inform you that your application for membership has been declined,” WHCA executive director Steven Thomma wrote to Ateba, who is from Cameroon, in a letter seen by The Epoch Times….