Press, sources revel in annual Gridiron truce.(LIFE)(PARTY LINES)

Byline: Stephanie Mansfield, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

How easy was it to crash the annual Gridiron Club gala dinner at the Renaissance Hotel Saturday night?

Easy as dressing up in a $99 satin gown and walking right past security into the throng of journalists, Cabinet members, heads of state and the CIA, heavy hitters and talking heads; grabbing a drink; and gabbing to News Corp. head Rupert Murdoch about politics. (He said he really likes Barack Obama.) His name wasn't in the program. Maybe he was crashing, too.

Then, moving on past CNN's John King (new inductee), social X-ray ...

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