The oldest US journalist dismissed the scandal! Bashny.Net

The scandal erupted around the old veteran journalist Helen Thomas, known to many generations of people in the US. The reason was a video interview in which the journalist commented on the situation in the Middle East. She told the Israelites, "failing to hell out of Palestine" and "go home - in Poland, Germany, the United States." This phrase has caused a storm of indignation. Thomas was accused of anti-Semitism and incitement to conflict over Palestine. Despite the subsequent apology to the journalist, she was with the scandal was fired from his post in the White House, so cut her brilliant career, which lasted for nearly seventy years.

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1. Thomas worked in the pool of the White House since the days of President Dwight Eisenhower. At the briefing room at the White House, Thomas was reserved for a permanent place - no one of her colleagues has not received this honor. In the photo: White House reporter Helen Thomas (center) represents all the reporters the White House during the boycott of October 18, 1982. The meeting was organized by Morton Collins after Collins handed over to President Ronald Reagan "golden egg", but reporters were not allowed to the presentation. (UPI Photo / Don Rypka / Files)





2. In August, Thomas 90 years, nearly seventy of which she gave to the media. This picture shows US President Jimmy Carter and journalist of the White House and agencies «United Press International» (UPI) Helen Thomas laughs during a surprise party in honor of the birthday of Miss Thomas, who arranged for her colleague, August 3, 1979. (UPI Photo / Larry Rubenstein / Files)



3. President Ronald Reagan welcomed Helen Thomas April 22, 1981 at the White House in Washington. On the day Reagan was interviewed dedicated attempt on his life on March 30 of that year. (UPI Photo / Don Rypka / Files)



4. Helen Thomas, chief of bureau agency «United Press International», presenting the award "1984 Fourth Estate Award» December 5, 1984. Helen Thomas - the first female reporter to receive this award since its inception in 1973. President of the National Press Club Jon Fogarty (back) applauds after the award. (UPI photo / Mel Langsdon / Files)



5. The US first lady Nancy Reagan speaks with Helen Thomas August 16, 1984 at the White House. (Mal Langsdon / UPI Photo)



6. Helen Thomas (right) poses with actors Danny Thomas and Terry Thomas October 7, 1983 at a charity concert in which she was one of the presenters. Proceeds from the concert went to the children's hospital in Washington. (UPI Photo / Tim Clary / Files)



7. US President Ronald Reagan during an interview with Helen Thomas January 23, 1985 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Reagan confirmed that his office offered to negotiate with the Soviet Union in early March in Geneva, but Moscow has not yet given an answer. (UPI Photo / Larry Rubenstein / Files)



8. Marlin Fitzwater drink to the health of 72-year-old Helen Thomas on her birthday August 4, 1992. (UPI Photo / Ken Owen / Files)



9. The White House bureau chief Helen Thomas is celebrating its 75th birthday with US President Bill Clinton on August 4. Thomas joined the agency «United Press» in 1943 as a radio journalist and editor. In January 1961 she started to cover events at the White House. Her first "client" was President Kennedy, and since then, Helen Thomas has worked with all the presidents of the United States. (cc / L. Mark UPI)



10. Press Secretary Ari Fleischer White House talks to Helen Thomas during a mini-parties after a day of July 14, 2003 at the White House. It was his last working day. Fleischer said that their little "dirty" secret lies in the fact that they really love each other. (mk / Michael Kleinfeld UPI)



11. Sam Donaldson and "Woman of the Year" Helen Thomas pose for photographers at the awards ceremony, "Woman of the Year," the magazine «Glamour» 8 November 2004 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. (UPI Photo / Robin Platzer)



12. Helen Thomas signs copies of his new book "Watchdogs of democracy? Cooling corpse of the Washington press, and they have not been put on the public "in New York from 26 June. (UPI Photo / Laura Cavanaugh)



13. The daughter of Lebanese immigrants, Thomas has long criticized Israel. However, until recently it was not her brilliant career is not reflected. Pictured: Thomas laughs at a joke during dinner for White House correspondents in Washington, DC April 29, 2006. (UPI Photo / Roger L. Wollenberg)



14. White House correspondent Helen Thomas received the award for lifetime achievement from the Lawrence Makkuillana at the annual dinner party at the hotel "Hilton" in Washington on 25 April. (UPI ms / Michael Smith)



15. President Barack Obama answers a question Helen Thomas during his first press conference as president of the United States in the East Room of the White House in Washington on February 9, 2009. (UPI Photo / Kevin Dietsch)



16. President Barack Obama surprised Helen Thomas festive cake in the conference room of the White House in Washington on 4 August 2009. Helen Thomas and Barack Obama's birthday on the same day. On the left in the photo - a spokesman for the White House, Robert Gibbs. (UPI Photo / Olivier Douliery / POOL)



17. Helen Thomas (center) arrives at a dinner for reporters to the White House in Washington on May 1st. (UPI / Alexis C. Glenn)

The video, made it impossible Helen Thomas further work in journalism, was recorded May 27, a few days before the incident with the so-called "freedom flotilla", which once again attracted the attention of the media to the Middle East question.



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