Comments on: What the Bleep?! This week’s hot Jewish news http://tcjewfolk.com/what-the-bleep-6-6-2010/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-the-bleep-6-6-2010 Twin Cities Jewfolk: the hub for hip Jewish stuff in Minneapolis and St. Paul Tue, 22 May 2012 03:06:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jenna Mitelman http://tcjewfolk.com/what-the-bleep-6-6-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-5732 Jenna Mitelman Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:25:44 +0000 http://tcjewfolk.com/?p=9430#comment-5732 I find it interesting that none of the coverage of Ms. Thomas' extremely offensive remarks (Germany? Really?) began with "Lebanese-American reporter Helen Thomas said today..." As I recall, a few years back, all sorts of mainstream reporting began with comments like "Jewish American Paul Wolfowitz..." or "Jewish Senator Joe Lieberman..." or "Jewish Reporter Bill Safire..." I guess their Jewish status must be a whole lot more relevant to every action they ever take than Helen Thomas' Arab background(both her parents were Lebanese) is to her statements on the Arab-Israeli conflict, as no newspaper I've seen so far has even bothered to mention it. On the bright side, I am happy to provide the update that as of this morning, Ms. Thomas has resigned her position, effective immediately (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/06/gibbs-helen-thomas-remarks-off.html). She has also been dropped by her speaking agency (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/local-breaking-news/dc/report-thomas-dropped-by-agenc.html), so let's hope she is not given any more opportunities to spew her hateful comments at unsuspecting audiences. I find it interesting that none of the coverage of Ms. Thomas’ extremely offensive remarks (Germany? Really?) began with “Lebanese-American reporter Helen Thomas said today…”

As I recall, a few years back, all sorts of mainstream reporting began with comments like “Jewish American Paul Wolfowitz…” or “Jewish Senator Joe Lieberman…” or “Jewish Reporter Bill Safire…”

I guess their Jewish status must be a whole lot more relevant to every action they ever take than Helen Thomas’ Arab background(both her parents were Lebanese) is to her statements on the Arab-Israeli conflict, as no newspaper I’ve seen so far has even bothered to mention it.

On the bright side, I am happy to provide the update that as of this morning, Ms. Thomas has resigned her position, effective immediately (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/06/gibbs-helen-thomas-remarks-off.html).

She has also been dropped by her speaking agency (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/local-breaking-news/dc/report-thomas-dropped-by-agenc.html), so let’s hope she is not given any more opportunities to spew her hateful comments at unsuspecting audiences.

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