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Sunday, December 5, 2010

Who does Helen hate today?...she's not going to censor herself

Helen Thomas is like a bad rash that keeps coming back. Again she shows why she was fired last summer.




Well at least there is some justice for the bad old witch
Helen Thomas' school scraps award over 'Zionists' remarkBy The CNN Wire Staff December 5, 2010

Wayne State University will no longer give out award in honor of Helen Thomas

(CNN) -- The alma mater of journalist Helen Thomas will not bestow an award that had been given in her name, making the decision after the 90-year-old scribe made more controversial comments about Jewish people.

Wayne State University, the Detroit, Michigan, institution that Thomas graduated from in 1942, said in a statement Friday that the school will no longer give out the Helen Thomas Spirit of Diversity in the Media Award.

"Wayne State encourages free speech and open dialogue, and respects diverse viewpoints," the school's statement said. "However, the university strongly condemns the anti-Semitic remarks made by Helen Thomas during a conference yesterday."

Thomas abrupty retired earlier this year from her position as a White House columnist for the Hearst media chain after a YouTube video circulated in which she told a rabbi that Israel should "get the hell out of Palestine." She also said Jewish people should leave Israel and go home to "Poland, Germany ... and America and everywhere else."

Then, at a diversity conference Thursday in Dearborn, Michigan, Thomas voiced her opinion on Jewish people in the United States.

Should Helen Thomas be given a break? According to the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News, she said, "Congress, the White House and Hollywood, Wall Street are owned by the Zionists. No question."

...As Thomas' comments circulated Friday, the Anti-Defamation League issued a statement urging all schools and groups to take back any honors they've given to Thomas, saying she "clearly, unequivocally revealed herself as a vulgar anti-Semite."

The Wayne State award doesn't fit this category, since it has been given for the past decade in recognition of Thomas -- but not to her, instead being given to journalism standouts. According to a description on the school's website, "The award was established to recognize her leadership role in promoting diversity in the media and the issues of race in America."

...The Detroit native, who is of Lebanese descent, was long known for her strong opinions and was seen as a pioneer for female journalists...
 
The woman is an open Anti-Semite and a bitter and vicious and unusually open partisan, even for a journalist.  And when she passes, I for one will not weep for her.

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