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The Press and the President with Don Lemon & Chris Whipple

Harvard University · JFK Jr. Forum · Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School · 79 JFK St. · Cambridge · Boston

Don Lemon, who spent thirty years at CNN, NBC and MSNBC before leaving network television to build his own media company, joins Chris Whipple, a Fall 2026 resident fellow at the Institute of Politics, to discuss media access to the White House ahead of the midterm elections. Whipple is the author of The Gatekeepers, a history of White House chiefs of staff. In-person registration requires a Harvard email address.