Helen Thomas, White House correspondent

Thank You, Ms.Thomas

Her anti-war, anti-Bush administration views have put her, not surprisingly, in disfavor with the president. In January 2003, she gave a speech at the Society of Professional Journalists’ annual awards banquet, in which she offered her regular criticism of his presidency, particularly worrying about his intention to go to war in Iraq. Afterward, a young writer from the Torrance, Calif., Daily Breeze sought her out for an autograph.

“I was flattered. I preened,” says Thomas, sheepishly. “I thought I was talking to my new best friend.” The young man asked why she seemed sad. “‘I should be,’” she recalls answering. “‘I’m covering the worst president in American history.’”

“the worst president in American history”
It seems I am not the only one who believes that.

Interesting article from Ms. Magazine.

It’s interesting to me that more and more the reporters seem to be more interesting to many people than the stories they cover.

In her new book—which excoriates the press corps as docile and incurious—she argues that reporters never pushed hard enough on administration plans for post-Saddam Hussein Iraq.

Now if only they will take note, and be properly admonished. The only other person of consequence in the media right now willing to take up the standard and go to battle seems to be Olbermann.