Helen Thomas retiring after making numerous proportions

Helen Thomas is an institution of the White House press corps, and after covering every president given that John F. Kennedy, she has announced her resignation from Hearst and her subsequent retirement. It seemed as if she would be covering the White House until she died, but a recent and very serious slip of the tongue has forced her to resign. She is known as one of the toughest reporters to question the president or White House official, and she was known for often asking brutally direct questions.

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Giant of journalism is Helen Thomas

Helen Thomas began her career in journalism in 1942, after graduating from then Wayne University which is now known as Wayne State University, with a B.A. in Journalism. She worked briefly for the Washington Daily News (it doesn’t exist anymore) and started working for United Press International in 1943. She covered women’s issues and Washington D.C. news, interviewing celebrities and politicians and covering various government agencies. She was later assigned to cover John F. Kennedy as a White House Press Correspondent for U.P.I., switching to Hearst Newspapers in 2000. She is the only person with her own seat in the White House Press Room.

One slip of the tongue kills career

Recently, Helen Thomas made various different comments concerning the state of Israel and its treatment of the Palestinians. In a camcorder interview by rabbilive.com, oddly enough at a Jewish Heritage event put on by the White House, she was asked if she had anything to say about Israel. She said “Tell them to get the hell out of Palestine.” She further went on to say, as outlined by CNN, that Israelis should return to their countries of origin. (Most Israeli Jews are Ashkenazi, which means they come from Europe, which is what she was referring to.)

The hard fallout

Once her comments hit the internet, especially on YouTube, there were immediate calls for her to be fired. The White House condemned her comments, and Craig Crawford, said he wouldn’t work with her ever again. Helen Thomas then said she would resign. It’s an unfortunate end to a storied career.

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