Helen Thomas is back at work

Helen Thomas is back at work–this time, with a column in a weekly Virginia newspaper.

Thomas was forced to resign last summer from her job as a columnist for Hearst after the controversy over her comments about Israel. (more…)

Analysis: When CNN and BBC wet their pants on ‘truths’

NEUTRALITY is a contentious issue in journalism, but honesty is the real measure.

Octavia Nasr’s firing and what U.S. liberal media allows

CNN yesterday ended the 20-year career of its Senior Middle East News Editor, Lebanese-American Octavia Nasr, because of a tweet she wrote

CNN fires Lebanese-American journalist over tweet

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Helen Thomas: an Appreciation

The propagandists for the Israel Lobby, who occupy the Wall Street Journal editorial page while pretending to be journalists, are determined to remove Helen Thomas from the annals of journalism.

Hezbollah MP salutes Helen Thomas’ courage

Hezbollah MP Hussein Moussawi on Wednesday saluted veteran U.S. reporter Helen Thomas’ “courage” for her comments against Israel, which sparked a furor in Washington and forced her to retire. (more…)

Hearing Helen

“We need to be able to ask people what they mean when something like this comes up,” says Alicia Nails, a journalism instructor at Wayne State University

Helen Thomas has no right to ‘free speech’

Anyone in America can belittle the Arabs and abuse the Mulsims but when the The Lebanese-American journalist Helen Thomas says anything, everyone forgets the “right to free speech”.

Helen Thomas draws fire for telling Jews ‘Go Home’

Helen Thomas a Lebanese American, columnist for the Hearst Newspapers, is under heavy fire by former U.S. officials and colleagues for her recent comments that Israelis should “get the hell out of Palestine.”

In a short interview on May 27 with Rabbi David Nesenoff at RabbiLive.com, Thomas suggested that Jews “go home” to Poland and Germany and America and “everywhere else.” Thomas, 89, has a front-row, center seat at the White House press briefings — due to her long-time career as a White House correspondent. (more…)