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Journalist Helen Thomas Among Honorary Degree Recipients
news.uky.edu ^
| March 10, 2009
| Dan Adkins,
Posted on 03/21/2009 1:40:49 PM PDT by JoeProBono
LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 10, 2009) – Longtime Washington, D.C., journalist Helen Thomas will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree at the 2009 University of Kentucky Commencement on May 9.
Thomas, a Winchester native, was one of three individuals chosen by the UK Board of Trustees today to receive honorary degrees. Also chosen were engineering scholar Mark E. Davis and University System of Maryland Chancellor William B. Kirwan.
Thomas is being recognized for her role as a trailblazer for women, having served as White House correspondent and later Washington bureau chief for United Press International for four decades. She also was chosen as the first female president of the White House Correspondents Association in 1975 and of the Gridiron Club in 1993. She was president of the Women’s National Press Club from 1959 to 1960 and was inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame in its initial class in 1981.
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TOPICS: Education; Humor; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: helenthomas; journalist
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To: JoeProBono
...Helen Thomas will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree ...One can only assume the letters are S T U P I D
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posted on
03/21/2009 1:43:55 PM PDT
by
highlander_UW
(The only difference between the MSM and the DNC is the MSM sells ad space in their propaganda)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
03/21/2009 1:44:19 PM PDT
by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
To: JoeProBono
Age has not been good to her. Just look at her in back in the early 70s:
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posted on
03/21/2009 1:44:53 PM PDT
by
Notwithstanding
(Member of the Long Grey Line)
To: JoeProBono
To: JoeProBono
She’s also being honored for being the ugliest, most vile individual to ever receive this honor. Way to go, Helen, you earned it!
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posted on
03/21/2009 1:44:57 PM PDT
by
Russ
(Repeal the 17th amendment)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
03/21/2009 1:45:02 PM PDT
by
50mm
(My respect for zero has reached zero)
To: JoeProBono
Thomas has publicly expressed her opinion about President George W. Bush: after a speech at a Society of Professional Journalists banquet, she told an autograph-seeker who asked why she was sad, "I'm covering the worst president in American history." The autograph seeker was a sports writer for the Daily Breeze and her comments were published. After she was not called upon during a press conference for the first time in over four decades, she wrote to the president to apologize.
She also told The Hill "The day Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I'll kill myself. All we need is another liar... I think he'd like to run, but it would be a sad day for the country if he does."
To: Notwithstanding
Does anyone have the photo of her interviewing General Grant at the Battle of Pittsburg Landing?
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posted on
03/21/2009 1:48:58 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(In honor of my late father-Gysgt/Comm. Chief, USMC WWII, Korea 1925-2002)
To: JoeProBono
To: Notwithstanding
BTW, did you notice who that was standing behind the president’s chair in that photo?
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posted on
03/21/2009 1:50:35 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(In honor of my late father-Gysgt/Comm. Chief, USMC WWII, Korea 1925-2002)
To: JoeProBono
Helen and a friend:
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posted on
03/21/2009 1:51:20 PM PDT
by
Notwithstanding
(Member of the Long Grey Line)
To: Notwithstanding
Who knew she actually had a friend.
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posted on
03/21/2009 1:54:34 PM PDT
by
beandog
To: JoeProBono
Helen Thomas...a trailblazer for WOMEN?? I’d need proof, but would be afraid to ask for it.
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posted on
03/21/2009 1:55:58 PM PDT
by
Oldpuppymax
(AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
To: JoeProBono
As this old friend knows, with Helen, even polite air-kisses must be undertaken with extreme caution:
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posted on
03/21/2009 1:56:22 PM PDT
by
Notwithstanding
(Member of the Long Grey Line)
To: chuck_the_tv_out
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posted on
03/21/2009 1:57:30 PM PDT
by
50mm
(My respect for zero has reached zero)
To: JoeProBono
Helen’s first honorary degree was from Aristotle.
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posted on
03/21/2009 1:57:46 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: JoeProBono
I hope they don’t overlook her trailblazing reporting at the battle of Little Bighorn. That would be a tragedy.
To: beandog
Friend of Helen Thomas
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posted on
03/21/2009 2:00:13 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: beandog
Another friend. Words escape me:
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posted on
03/21/2009 2:04:04 PM PDT
by
Notwithstanding
(Member of the Long Grey Line)
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