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Helen Thomas resigned yesterday as columnist for Hearst Newspapers and ended nearly 50 years as a White House correspondent. Her retirement came on the heels of a controversial video that went viral. We talk with Washington Post columnist, Sally Quinn.
Helen Thomas resigned yesterday as columnist for Hearst Newspapers and ended nearly 50 years as a White House correspondent. Her retirement came on the heels of a controversial video that went viral, in which she told a White House visitor that Israelis need to “get the hell out of Palestine” and return back to their homes in Germany and Poland. Where does this controversy leave Thomas’s legacy? We talk with Washington Post columnist, Sally Quinn.