Since 1921, when the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner was first held, the same question has often been asked: Is it ethical for journalists — who are entrusted by the public to hold presidential administrations to account with unbiased reporting — to toast and rub elbows with members of that very administration?

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will skip the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner next month after early friction with the press corps. Leavitt, who has clashed with the WHCA repeatedly over the past three months,