Helen Thomas Speaks to College Dems, Blasts Bush

Published: September 6, 2007, 10:42 am

Tags: iraq, labeling, liberals democrats, helen thomas, college newspapers, diamondback, maryland, journalistic issues

I know, it's a dog-bites-man story, but I thought I'd pass along that longtime White House correspondent and left-wing columnist Helen Thomas addressed the College Democrats at the University of Maryland on Wednesday evening. I live close to the campus, but unfortunately found out about the event after the fact and hence was unable to drop in and take in my own observations. Fortunately Maryland's student paper The Diamondback covered the event. Unfortunately the reporter covering the assignment failed to press Thomas on her commanding respect as a journalist while forsaking any attempt to objectively report news from her perch at the White House. In fact reporter Chidima Okaparanta labeled Thomas's abrasive technique as a "straight-shooting reporting style, especially regarding the war in Iraq." Below are some excerpts with portions in bold reflecting my emphasis: Veteran reporter Helen Thomas, often called "the First Lady of the press," criticized the Iraq War in

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