birds of a feather...
Helen Thomas:
One day, about six months before the U.S. invasion, I said, “Ari, why does the president want to kill thousands of people?” I mean that’s about as simplistic as I could put it. And he said, “Why are you saying that, Helen? They have a dictator! They have no say in their country!” I said, “Neither do we.” I went up to Condoleezza Rice after the U.S. invasion and said, “Where are the weapons? Where’s the smoking gun? Where’s the mushroom cloud?” She said, “Saddam used these weapons twelve years ago, he had them. ...” And then she went up in smoke herself. She flew out of there with her eyes blazing, so angry that she should be challenged.
Did you ever challenge your colleagues about their reporting?
No. They knew how I felt, they could hear me, but there is an unwritten rule that you do not challenge your colleagues. Except I must say that the Wall Street Journal called me the crazy aunt in the attic, and so did Fox, for questioning the war. Well, I want to know, who is the crazy aunt in the attic now? I think the Wall Street Journal owes me an apology.