By Yvonne Ridley
It seems that the most famous gaggle of journalists in the world finally got themselves into a lather about a comment made by one of their own against Israel. The target was, in fact, an 89-year-old columnist who has nailed more US Presidents with her hammer-blow questions than any other member of the WHPC.
The formidable (and now former) doyenne of the Corps, Helen Thomas, has now been forced to quit her much coveted front row seat from where she made no less than ten US Presidents sweat with her probing questions. Ms Thomas resigned just before the White House Correspondents' Association announced it was considering stripping her of her prime position. No doubt some of those responsible for this decision are the same gutless scribes who gave President George W Bush such an easy ride over Iraq, Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, torture, waterboarding and other abominations.
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