Jude 2

http://www.politico.com/blogs/onmedia/0 ... tires.html

Helen Thomas retires

In the world of political journalism, it's the end of an era: Helen Thomas has retired just months shy of her 90th birthday.

The longtime White House journalist has covered every president since Dwight Eisenhower and broke several barriers for female journalists but stepped down from her latest role -- a columnist for Hearst Newspapers -- in the wake of controversial remarks made in late May about the need for Jews to "get the hell out of Palestine" and return to Poland and Germany.

"Helen Thomas announced Monday that she is retiring, effective immediately," read a statement from Hearst Newspapers on Monday. "Her decision came after her controversial comments about Israel and the Palestinians were captured on videotape and widely disseminated on the Internet."

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Tragic to have such a great stunning career end in such hateful speech.

Watch the video that will always stain her legacy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aeqb8h0I-Bg

Excuses to listen for and what to read into them:

1. Silent treatment -- they'll just ignore it.
2. "She's just being Helen." -- a tacit agreement that says "no biggie, she's right anyway, just saying what so many others were afraid to say; she deserves a medal really for courage."
3. "She was about to retire." -- "her emotions got away with her and she's getting ready to hang it up anyway. She's almost 90 for cryin' out loud."
4. "It was a trap." -- "Zionists and right-wing extremists playing gotcha with video cameras, and let's not forget all the tasteless and hurtful things Republicans have said in unguarded moments."