[lady lawyer]

I can't believe the old bat had no idea how her views would be received here in Utah.

[Sunshine Sister]

Once a witch, always a witch.

[T Minus Four]

Really! I'm proud of most of our students. What if this had been a northeastern university?

[xJones]

Beautiful Utah, conservative to the core. God bless 'em.

[Frank_Discussion]

I can't believe the troll could say the last paragraph with a straight face! Talk MORE? Jeeze Louise, this country, this PLANET, has never before exercised a greater abiltity to express itself as it does now. The heat against her daffy, senile rantings (even from "fellow travelers") has GOT to clue her in.

[BenLurkin]

Helen Thomas is a journalist?

[IYAS9YAS]

On taxes: "I don't believe that the biggest tax cuts in the country should go to the richest people who don't need it."

I can't believe she actually thinks this crap...how many times must it be drummed into their thick skulls...pay no taxes, get no refund. PERIOD!

[Revelation 911]

She admitted considering George W. Bush the worst president ever, calling him too corporate.

hmmmm - she must have missed the Clinton blowj@b while discussing Bosnian US troop deployment with a US Senator

"I don't think that we should ever go to war against a country that did nothing to us,

she also missed the part when our fellow countrymen and women were splattered all over downtown Manhattan

senile jacka$$

[twittle]

After loud applause met her declaration that George W. Bush is "more conservative than any president I've ever covered,"

Well, he's certainly the most NEO-conservative, if that's one's idea of a conservative.

[Geezerette]

She said that she thinks G. W. Bush is the "most conservative" president she has known? That's a shock ... apparently she didn't know (or want to know) President Ronald Reagan very well!

g

[San Jacinto]

"Am I in enemy territory?" she asked

Only if you are in the United States.

[Samizdat]

Helen Thomas? I thought she was dead.

[Arrowhead1952]

After loud applause met her declaration that George W. Bush is "more conservative than any president I've ever covered," Thomas turned, spoke to BYU President Cecil O. Samuelson, then faced her audience again.

"Am I in enemy territory?" she asked...............

When questioned why the national press is labeled as liberal, she laughed and said, "That's a myth now. It's not true. I wish I could find some friends."

Thomas encouraged the public to get involved in debate and speak out on issues. "Start talking! My god, the silence in this country," she said. "There's too much silence in this country. People should start expressing themselves."

Seems like it did not take the old goat too long to figure out she was in enemy territory. As far as the national press being labeled as liberal, I hate to tell her, "That is no a myth. Anyone reading any major newspaper or watching the big three and CNN TV networks, can see that the national media is further left than the general poulation.

[Conservateacher]

"I worry that this administration would privatize the Washington Monument."

If the Washington monument had a cross on it they would demand that it be sold or torn down.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Heads up - your neighborhood was temporarily invaded. :-)

[Cate]

Hmmm.. I bet she didn't get an invite to tour any temples. You never want the devil on consecrated ground.

[jpl]

Stupid old liberal. She thinks that all college campuses are like Harvard, so she just assumed she was safe.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

When questioned why the national press is labeled as liberal, she laughed and said, "That's a myth now. It's not true. I wish I could find some friends."

If you can paint your opponent as an extremist and yourself as sweet reason, you have won the debate. So "objectivity" is the high PR ground, and it is natural for journalists to use their PR power to claim it.

The easy way to success being to go along and get along, journalists have adopted a system for avoiding unnecessary contention for the status of "objective journalist." Adherence to this code by journalists means that it is sensible to speak of "journalism" as an entity, an Estatblishment.

It is of the nature of an Establishment that, like the mafia, it "doesn't exist"--but you'd better not cross it! The journalistic Establishment coheres in the following code:

The objectivity of anyone who adheres to the party line that journalists are objective is never challenged by any other member of journalism Establishment.

If a Bernard Goldberg does write a Bias, he does not cease being a journalist--he is an unperson who never was a journalist.

"That's a myth now. It's not true

Yeah, Helen. Right . . . </sarcasm>

Why Broadcast Journalism is
Unnecessary and Illegitimate

[LaraCroft]

I can't believe she was invited to speak. How much was she paid and who's money was wasted?

[leprechaun9]

Was this appearance a preview for HALLOWEEN?