Helen Thomas, in her first interview since she was forced to retire
Helen Thomas Interview Tuesday 10-12-2010
Helen Thomas, in her first interview since she was forced to retire, stands by her controversial comments about Israel, but says no one can make such remarks "and survive."
The 90-year-old Thomas tells Scott Spears, a reporter for WMRN radio in Marion, Ohio, that her comments were "exactly what I thought," but that she soon realized that it would cost her her job.
"I hit the third rail," she says in a sometimes emotional 35-minute interview that was broadcast Oct. 12, 2010. "You cannot criticize Israel in this country and survive."
Helen Thomas Interview
Tuesday 10-12-2010
Helen Thomas, in her first interview since she was forced to retire, stands by her controversial comments about Israel, but says no one can make such remarks "and survive."
The 90-year-old Thomas tells Scott Spears, a reporter for WMRN radio in Marion, Ohio, that her comments were "exactly what I thought," but that she soon realized that it would cost her her job.
"I hit the third rail," she says in a sometimes emotional 35-minute interview that was broadcast Oct. 12, 2010. "You cannot criticize Israel in this country and survive."
Listen to the full interview here:
http://wmrn.com/pages/scottspears.html
Peace.
Michael Santomauro
ReporterNotebook@gmail.com