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Helen Thomas kicked out of the front row
Every theater-style seat in the White House briefing room, now closed for renovation, had a brass plaque inscribed with the name of a news organization. Only one, in the middle of the front row, had a name: HELEN THOMAS, it said. The unique assigned seat between the chairs for CBS News and ABC News was reserved for The press corps is scheduled to move from temporary facilities back into the spiffed-up, rewired briefing room in May or June. Thomas, who has been questioning presidents and press secretaries for 46 years, plans to be there. But her front-row seat wont be. Plans call for her to be moved to the second row to make room for a cable news channel a sign of Washingtons changing pecking order, and of the new ways that Americans get their news. I hope it's Fox moving in to her old seat. That would be delicious. Posted by: Mike 2007-02-23 |
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