Feisty Former White House Reporter Helen Thomas Still Yapping About Zionists and Israel

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​Though she had her moments over the decades she spent as a White House reporter, Helen Thomas, 90, fell quite far earlier this year when she was captured on camera explaining why the Jews should "get the hell out of Palestine." People don't like words like that, so she lost her job and no one has really heard from her since. Until now, as more unsavory comments about the evil Jews are surfacing from a conference on Thursday. Whereas the Antisemitism was debatable in the first instance, this time she blames "Zionists" for much more and sounds a bit batty.

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Of Course VICE Scored One of Helen Thomas' Last Pre-Implosion Interviews

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​Jesus. Apparently, we all need to take lessons in editorial foresight from the ether-huffing sellouts at VICE. Accompanied by Richard Kern photographs, Steve Lafreniere interviewed 89 year-old White House reporter Helen Thomas for an upcoming VICE issue, the text of which they've released online in light of Thomas' recent retirement after controversial comments involving the Jews and Palestine (she thinks they should get the "hell out") that you've probably heard by now.

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Video: Five Classic Helen Thomas Moments

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​The oldest and easily one of the most distinguished White House reporters in the history of the White House Press Corps, Reuters columnist Helen Thomas, announced her retirement today after some unsavory remarks about Jews and they need to "get the hell out of Palestine." It's really too bad she's going out like this, under the pressure of some dumb shit she said, because everyone slips up, and Thomas -- who has grilled every president since the last Eisenhower term -- is one hell of a reporter, even in her crazy-old age.

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