(Helen) Thomas to White House: End Fox fight

The Hill ^ | 10/19/2009 | Tony Romm

[markomalley]

Veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas on Monday advised the Obama administration to stand down and avoid fighting with Fox News and its correspondents.

In an interview with MSNBC, the columnist -- who is promoting her new book on presidents and their campaigns -- also stressed the White House ought to "stay out of these fights."

"They can only take you down. You can't kill the messenger," said Thomas, who has covered every president from John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama.

Whether the White House takes her advice, however, is another story. Just this weekend, Senior Adviser David Axelrod charged Fox was "not really a news organization." And Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel twice insinuated the channel was a danger to the craft of journalism itself.

“It’s not a news organization so much as it has a perspective, and that’s a different take," Emanuel told CNN's "State of the Union," a line he echoed in principle on CBS later in the day. "And more importantly, it’s important not to have the CNN’s and the others of the world being led and following Fox, as if what they’re trying to do is a legitimate news organization."

[markomalley]

Even old Helen Guilty Thomas knows Barry Ø is going down the wrong path.

Keep going Barry!

[mathprof]

Wow!

[Paladin2]

Maybe the WH is spending time trying to decide to send more troops into the breach with Fox and doesn’t have time to make a decision on Afghanistan.

[TheConservativeParty]

IBHI
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[TheConservativeParty]

IBHI
in before horrific images

[NRA2BFree]

Good for her. Maybe it will sink in what they’re trying to do. It’s only going to come back to bite them in the azz.

[TheConservativeParty]

twice

[OpusatFR]

All the OTHER media are good boys and girls because they don’t bring up anything nasty about the Obama Administration like that BAD Fox.

Aren’t CNNABCNBCCBSMSNBC all good little drones?

*Nod heads in unison, children.

**The only GOOD media is STATE media.

[NRA2BFree]

Like this one? lol...

[nagdt]

Don’t count on her opinion to go very far. Yes, she’s been to the rodeo for a long time - but it doesn’t seem that that mega dork Gibbs or Obama or anyone else in the WH gives a crap about what anybody with any common sense says.

ugh!

We have to infiltrate.

[mefistofelerevised]

This is the second time in a couple of weeks that Helen shows her intelligence. Obama is an idiot

[TheConservativeParty]

ARG, my eyes!

Series-ly, I’m glad Helen is standing up to Zero’s administration even in this small way. Good for her. She complained about the control they are having over press conferences earlier this year. Keep squawking Helen!

[khnyny]

I guess the cupcakes didn't do the trick.:)



BTW, Helen also said the following in July (before the cupcake offering):

Following a testy exchange during Wednesday’s briefing with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas told CNSNews.com that not even Richard Nixon tried to control the press the way President Obama is trying to control the press.

“Nixon didn’t try to do that,” Thomas said. “They couldn’t control (the media). They didn’t try.

“What the hell do they think we are, puppets?” Thomas said. “They’re supposed to stay out of our business. They are our public servants. We pay them.”

[Freedom2specul8]

“Nixon didn?t try to do that,” Thomas said. “They couldn’t control (the media). They didn’t try. ?What the hell do they think we are, puppets’” Thomas said. “They’re supposed to stay out of our business. They are our public servants. We pay them.”

I am speechless

[Freedom2specul8]

“Nixon didn’t try to do that,” Thomas said. “They couldn’t control (the media). They didn’t try. “What the hell do they think we are, puppets’” Thomas said. “They’re supposed to stay out of our business. They are our public servants. We pay them.”

[bigbob]

Only Obama could initiate his own Operation Chaos, aimed at himself! Reminds me of those guns with the U-shaped barrel!

[markomalley]

Only Obama could initiate his own Operation Chaos, aimed at himself! Reminds me of those guns with the U-shaped barrel!

[Randy Larsen]

BRAAACKK!

Poly hates crackers!

[submarinerswife]

Oh My GOD!! SHE'S NOT WEARING A BRA!! And there seems to be either a breeze in the room or she's happy to see OBAMA.

[Allegra]

Ol’ Helen’s been making a remarkable amount of sense lately...