Helen Thomas, pioneering White House journalist, dies at 92

[mmhmm]

Famed White House journalist Helen Thomas has died at the age of 92.

The Gridiron Club and Foundation, a journalistic organization in Washington, D.C., confirmed Thomas' passing to NBC News on Saturday.
Thomas died on Saturday morning at her Washington apartment after a long illness, the club said in a statement. A former president of the Gridiron Club, Thomas broke a long line of all-male leadership when she was chosen for the position in 1993.

NBC News

[djAdvocate]

she is one of the last journalists out there.  you know- the ones that take on the establishment, rather than cuddling up to it?

[mmhmm]

She was quite a gal!  Her kind of journalism is dying a sad death, I'm afraid.  I admired her.  She had fire.  RIP, Helen.

[Taxman10]

I won't miss her.

[djAdvocate]

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[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

I won't miss that anti semitic old hag either. I will try to remember her, though- as a reminder to retire before my internal filter stops working.

[Tennesseer]

Jul 23, 2013 15:08:32 GMT -5 AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP said:

I won't miss that anti semitic old hag either. I will try to remember her, though- as a reminder to retire before my internal filter stops working.

When did it ever work?

[djAdvocate]

Jul 23, 2013 15:08:32 GMT -5 AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP said:

I won't miss that anti semitic old hag either. .

i won't miss you either- but i won't be saying that in public, when your time comes.  my daddy raised me better than that.

oh, and one more thing, calling everyone who doesn't care for Zionism an anti-semite is pretty lame.  many practicing Jews are anti-Zionist.

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

Let's just say that there are going to be two kinds of people at her funeral- the handful who mourn her passing, and the rest who will be there to make sure.

[djAdvocate]

Jul 25, 2013 8:51:28 GMT -5 AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP said:

Let's just say that there are going to be two kinds of people at her funeral- the handful who mourn her passing, and the rest who will be there to make sure.

so, do you make a habit of picking on people who can't defend themselves, or only old ladies?

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

Jul 25, 2013 11:37:17 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

Jul 25, 2013 8:51:28 GMT -5 AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP said:

Let's just say that there are going to be two kinds of people at her funeral- the handful who mourn her passing, and the rest who will be there to make sure.

so, do you make a habit of picking on people who can't defend themselves, or only old ladies?

She wasn't always a mean little old lady.  She used to be a fire breathing mean young woman.  Either way, I hope they bury her standing up so they can screw her into the ground.

[swamp]

Jul 23, 2013 15:08:32 GMT -5 AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP said:

I won't miss that anti semitic old hag either. I will try to remember her, though- as a reminder to retire before my internal filter stops working.

I didn't know you were retired.

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

Jul 25, 2013 12:56:55 GMT -5 swamp said:

Jul 23, 2013 15:08:32 GMT -5 AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP said:

I won't miss that anti semitic old hag either. I will try to remember her, though- as a reminder to retire before my internal filter stops working.

I didn't know you were retired.

[cereb]

Jul 23, 2013 15:08:32 GMT -5 AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP said:

I won't miss that anti semitic old hag either. I will try to remember her, though- as a reminder to retire before my internal filter stops working.

Well that ship has already sailed.

[TonyTiger]

RIP... you were a pioneer... I did not always agree with you or even like you when you were being a pain in the ass... but you were a pioneer and a courageous soul.

[zibazinski]

That explains why DF hates her guts as well. I had no clue but pretty much didn't care one way or the other.

[djAdvocate]

Jul 26, 2013 9:30:07 GMT -5 zibazinski said:

That explains why DF hates her guts as well. I had no clue but pretty much didn't care one way or the other.

what explains why DF hates her?

[djAdvocate]

Jul 26, 2013 3:17:01 GMT -5 TonyTiger said:

RIP... you were a pioneer... I did not always agree with you or even like you when you were being a pain in the ass... but you were a pioneer and a courageous soul.

very classy, Tony. 

[zibazinski]

If she's anti-Semitic. I've never heard of her but he mentioned it and I remembered from this thread so I read this thread and realized why then. 

[djAdvocate]

Jul 26, 2013 14:17:44 GMT -5 zibazinski said:

If she's anti-Semitic. I've never heard of her but he mentioned it and I remembered from this thread so I read this thread and realized why then. 

she is not anti-semitic.  she is anti-Zionist.  my wife is Jewish.  she is anti-Zionist, too.  lots of Jews are.  equating the two is flatly wrong.

[zibazinski]

Not my problem or my issue. I don't see DF hopping a plane to Israel either. I worry about THIS country, other countries can run themselves into the ground without our help.

[djAdvocate]

Jul 27, 2013 7:20:16 GMT -5 zibazinski said:

Not my problem or my issue. I don't see DF hopping a plane to Israel either. I worry about THIS country, other countries can run themselves into the ground without our help.

red herring.  it never was your problem.  i was just suggesting that Helen wasn't an anti-semite.  it is your choice whether to weigh that information against the facts, or simply take Paul's account of it.  THAT is your problem.

[zibazinski]

True enough. I'd take Paul's and DFs point of view over anyone else's on the board, frankly.

[djAdvocate]

Jul 27, 2013 16:26:15 GMT -5 zibazinski said:

True enough. I'd take Paul's and DFs point of view over anyone else's on the board, frankly.

thank you for giving me yet another reason to continue posting here. 

[zibazinski]

No problem. I find the two of them to think and get facts before they speak. I don't always agree with what they say but a majority of the time I do. Can't say that about anyone else.

[djAdvocate]

Jul 27, 2013 17:51:39 GMT -5 zibazinski said:

No problem. I find the two of them to think and get facts before they speak. I don't always agree with what they say but a majority of the time I do. Can't say that about anyone else.

really?  you don't think i think and get the facts before i speak (type)?  well i just called Paul out on two "facts" that he got wrong: that a majority of whites voted for Obama (they didn't), and that if 15% of blacks voted for the GOP, they would never lose (false, they would have lost the last election.  in fact, i doubt you could find a single national election where this change would have brought the GOP victory in the post WW2 period).

so, there must be some other reason you like Paul's posts.  i am betting that it is his perspective, not his accuracy.  but accuracy sure makes it sound better, doesn't it. 

edit: who is DF?

[zibazinski]

Most of the time he is right. Sometimes, like a lot of people, he may post and not have it all down exactly. I give him credit for even bothering trying to explain things to people who always berate him with the full support and ridicule of those who are even supposed to be neutral.

[djAdvocate]

Jul 27, 2013 21:23:25 GMT -5 zibazinski said:

Most of the time he is right. Sometimes, like a lot of people, he may post and not have it all down exactly. I give him credit for even bothering trying to explain things to people who always berate him with the full support and ridicule of those who are even supposed to be neutral.

i see.  interesting.  it is sweet of you to defend Paul, but you didn't answer my questions.  if you find time, try again.

[zibazinski]

DF? What questions? I find that really the same old same old posted and strongly supported by the same old same old, gets just that-old. Paul made his way up from scratch as did I in my business. I applaud that. DF did the same thing and I applaud that. Because of my old business, I was able to do something more family friendly because money wasn't the be all and end all. I still needed to make a living but I wasn't going to starve or have to steal from taxpayers to support me and mine. If you think I care about Zionism or this woman that just died, you'd be mistaken on both counts. DF mentioned her name, I let it go in one ear and out the other, and then that name appeared on this forum, which is why I read it. Then I understood why he wasn't crying any tears over her death. Does this answer any of your questions?

[djAdvocate]

Jul 29, 2013 15:18:56 GMT -5 zibazinski said:

DF? What questions?

one of them was who is DF?

I find that really the same old same old posted and strongly supported by the same old same old, gets just that-old. Paul made his way up from scratch as did I in my business. I applaud that. DF did the same thing and I applaud that. Because of my old business, I was able to do something more family friendly because money wasn't the be all and end all. I still needed to make a living but I wasn't going to starve or have to steal from taxpayers to support me and mine.

i bought my business from my dad.  it was not much of a business- but he had good designs.  so that is mostly what i paid for.  that, and the opportunity.

If you think I care about Zionism or this woman that just died, you'd be mistaken on both counts. DF mentioned her name, I let it go in one ear and out the other, and then that name appeared on this forum, which is why I read it. Then I understood why he wasn't crying any tears over her death.

i don't care what you think about Helen, actually- but i DO care if you have more than a casual interest in the truth.

Does this answer any of your questions?

not a one.

edit- the other one was THIS:

you don't believe that i think and get the facts before i speak (type)?