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Helen Thomas went over the top, but why is she gagged in the land of the free?
Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2010/jun/08/freedom-of-speech-usa
Whatever one thinks of the views propounded by the (former) doyenne of the White House press corps, Helen Thomas, one of the series of punishments administered to her seems disproportionate. Soon after the 89-year-old journalist was filmed saying that Jews should "get the hell out of Palestine" and go "home" to Germany and Poland, she lost her job. (See the video here).
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