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Published: 06/7/10

Helen Thomas Speaks Her Mind and Loses Her Job

By  Nisha Chittal - Politics Daily
Helen Thomas Speaks Her Mind and Loses Her Job

Though Helen Thomas spent decades as a press icon, her reputation seems to have been destroyed overnight. I do not condone her remarks, but I do think we should be defending her right to express her opinion, especially when her job was . . . to express her opinion. For those just catching up, last week, Thomas, the 89-year-old newspaper columnist, White House press corps fixture and trailblazing female journalist said she thought Jews should get out of Palestine. When pressed further, she said they should go "home" to Germany and Poland. She later issued a statement apologizing for her ...

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