The copy may come straight from the Associated Press, but the headline is pure New York Post. I'm particularly impressed by the sense and restraint: "Crone" is so much more economical than "shriveled harpy" or "withered harridan."
"I told you earlier about Reuters' Jon Decker's interest in having the White House Correspondents Association react to Helen Thomas' controversial remarks regarding the Middle East. CNN's Ed Henry has sent the following response to White House reporters, obtained by POLITICO:"
I made a brief sojourn to my hometown this weekend only to find my twin brothers and father engaged in a shouting match, and I soon found out why: Helen Thomas had been sacked from her role as the speaker at my former high school's commencement ceremony. Even before today's announcement of her retirement as a Hearst columnist, Thomas had reached an agreement with my cherished alma mater-Walt Whitman High School, in Bethesda, Maryland-to bow out from the June 14 services.
"Veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas announced Monday that she is retiring, effective immediately, in the wake of a controversy over her comments on Israel, according to a report from her employer, Hearst Newspapers."
