A Fox News opinion piece reflects on the choice of entertainment at this year's White House Correspondents' Association dinner, where mentalist Oz Pearlman performed for the assembled press corps. The author suggests the choice of a "mind-reader" act was fitting, given that mentalism relies on psychology, suggestion, observation and misdirection to create an illusion of reading minds — a skill set the piece wryly links to the media's own methods. The commentary uses the booking as a springboard for broader, satirical observations about the press corps rather than treating it as straight news.

The piece draws a comparison with veteran mentalist "The Amazing Kreskin" (George Joseph Kresge Jr.), who built a long television career built on similar illusions and appeared on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson roughly 80 times during the 1970s. The dinner itself, an annual black-tie event bringing together journalists, politicians and celebrities, was also referenced in related coverage noting that Donald Trump made pointed remarks about the press at the rescheduled gathering.