Helen Thomas returns to journalism

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Helen Thomas returns to journalism

 

Michael Calderone 

Thu Jan 6, 10:55 am ET

 

 

After a seven-month retirement, Helen Thomas has a new journalism gig: columnist for the Falls Church News-Press in Virginia, as the ARLnow blog in Arlington, Va., reports.

The 90-year-old retired from Hearst newspapers in June after a media uproar over controversial comments she made about Israel. That move sent shock waves through the press corps and left White House reporters scrambling to see who'd get Thomas' front-row seat in the briefing room.

So why'd the News-Press give her another chance?

  Nicholas Benton, the founder, owner and editor of the News-Press, said in an editorial welcoming her back to journalism: "She is progressive, and following my more than eight hours of direct, one-on-one talks with her since the events of last June, I remain firmly convinced that she is neither bigoted, nor racist, nor anti-Semitic."

 

She'll write weekly on political affairs. Her first column on Social Security privatization can be read here.

http://www.fcnp.com/commentary/national/8197-privatizing-social-security-again.html#

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