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Helen Amelia Thomas (August 4, 1920 – July 20, 2013) [1] was an American reporter and author, and a long-serving member of the White House press corps.She covered the White House during the administrations of ten U.S. presidents—from the beginning of the Kennedy administration to the second year of the Obama administration.
The White House press corps had their first duties in the White House in the early 1900s. An urban legend exists of President Theodore Roosevelt noticing a group of correspondents in the rain looking for sources for their stories and inviting them into the White House. Subsequent historical research outlines how reporters were able to start ...
When Helen Thomas said Jews should "get the hell out of Palestine," she ended one thing -- her 60-odd year career in journalism -- but started another: a dignity-free tussle over her front-row ...
The White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) is an organization of journalists who cover the White House and the president of the United States.The WHCA was founded on February 25, 1914, by journalists in response to an unfounded rumor that a United States congressional committee would select which journalists could attend press conferences of President Woodrow Wilson.
Signals from President-elect Trump’s team that a shake-up of the White House press briefing room could be coming are roiling journalists preparing to cover his second term. People close to Trump ...
For weeks, the White House press corps has been boiling – and not from the Washington, DC, heat. They’re frustrated. Some feel the White House misled the press before President Joe Biden’s ...
American comedian Stephen Colbert was the featured entertainer at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, held at the Hilton Washington hotel in Washington, D.C., on April 29, 2006. He was invited to speak by Mark Smith, the outgoing president of the White House Press Corps Association. [1]
"Behind the White House Curtain: A Senior Journalist's Story of Covering the President — and Why It Matters," (Kent State University Press, $29.95, 248 pages) by Steven L. Herman