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The opening as it read in 2005

Helen Thomas (born August 4 , 1920 ) is a news service reporter and dean of the White House press corps .¹ She was White House Bureau Chief for United Press International (UPI), where she was employed for 57 years until resigning in 2000 when UPI was acquired by News World Communications . News World is the owner of The Washington Times ; Thomas claimed she resigned because of News World's ties to Sun Myung Moon 's Unification Church . Thomas then became a White House correspondent and King Features Syndicate columnist . Known as “The First Lady of the Press,” Thomas has covered every President since John F. Born in Winchester, Kentucky , Helen was raised in Detroit, Michigan where she attended public schools and later graduated from Wayne State University . Upon leaving college, she served as a copy girl on the now-defunct Washington Daily News . After joining UPI in 1943 , Thomas wrote radio news and later covered Federal government news; her beats included the FBI and Capitol Hill . Kennedy, following him to the White House in January, 1961 as a UPI correspondent. During this assignment, Thomas became known for closing presidential press conferences with the tagline, “Thank you, Mr. President.” Thomas was the only woman print journalist to travel with then-President Richard M. Nixon to China during his breakthrough trip in January, 1972 . She has traveled around the world several times with Presidents Nixon, Gerald Ford , Jimmy Carter , Ronald Reagan , George H. Bush , Bill Clinton , and George W. Bush , and has covered every Economic Summit. She was named one of the “25 Most Influential Women in America.” by the World Almanac . Helen Thomas has written three books, including her latest, Thanks for the Memories Mr. During the Watergate scandal that led to Nixon's resignation, Thomas was recipient of numerous late-night phone calls from Martha Mitchell , wife of then-Attorney General John Mitchell . Mitchell, in her calls to Thomas, spoke out against Nixon early in the scandal—but paid an enormous price: according to Thomas, she was cruelly discredited and abandoned by her family and she later died of cancer. But to Thomas, she was a true patriot . In a sense she was a personal victim of the political war of Watergate, and one of its very few heroines,” wrote Thomas. In 2003 , President George W. Bush stopped the tradition of allowing Thomas to end Presidential news conferences by saying “Thank you, Mr. President.” Additionally, she has been moved from the first chair of the front row of the conference room to the back, and is rarely called upon in press conferences. Bush is thought to have instituted these changes after taking exception with some of Thomas' writings regarding his presidency. She was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 1986 .²

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The opening as it stood in 2010 25 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

Helen Thomas (born August 4, 1920) is an American author and a former news service reporter, Hearst Newspapers columnist , and member of the White House Press Corps . She served for 57 years as a correspondent , and later as White House bureau chief for United Press International (UPI). Thomas, one of the most notable Arab-Americans of her time, covered every President of the United States from the last years of the Eisenhower administration until the second year of the Obama administration . She was the first female officer of the National Press Club , the first female member and president of the White House Correspondents' Association , and the first female member of the Gridiron Club . She has written five books; her latest with co-author Craig Crawford is Listen Up, Mr. Thomas retired abruptly on June 7, 2010, following negative reaction to comments she made that Israel should "get the hell out of Palestine", and Jews should go back to "Poland. Germany.... and America and everywhere else." Marilyn D.

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The opening as it stood in 2015 5 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

Helen Amelia Thomas (August 4, 1920 – July 20, 2013) was an American author and news service reporter, member of the White House press corps and opinion columnist . She worked for the United Press and post-1958 successor United Press International (UPI) for 57 years, first as a correspondent , and later as White House bureau manager. She was a columnist for Hearst Newspapers from 2000 to 2010, writing on national affairs and the White House. She covered the administrations of eleven U.S. presidents —from the final years of the Eisenhower administration to the second year of the Obama administration . Thomas was the first female officer of the National Press Club , the first female member and president of the White House Correspondents' Association and the first female member of the Gridiron Club . She wrote six books; her last, with co-author Craig Crawford , was Listen Up, Mr. Thomas retired from Hearst Newspapers on June 7, 2010, following controversial comments she made about Israel and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict .

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The opening as it stood in 2020

American journalist Helen Amelia Thomas (August 4, 1920 – July 20, 2013) was an American reporter and author best known for her longtime membership of the White House press corps . She covered the White House during the administrations of ten U.S. presidents —from the start of the Kennedy administration to the second year of the Obama administration . She is best known as the “dean of Washington D.C.” and for coining the phrase, “Thank you, Mr. Thomas worked for the United Press and post-1958 successor United Press International (UPI) for 57 years, first as a correspondent, and later as White House bureau manager. She then served as a columnist for Hearst Newspapers from 2000 to 2010, writing on national affairs and the White House. Thomas was the first female officer of the National Press Club , the first female member and president of the White House Correspondents' Association and the first female member of the Gridiron Club . She wrote six books; her last (with co-author Craig Crawford ) was Listen Up, Mr. Thomas retired from Hearst Newspapers on June 7, 2010, following controversial comments she made about Jews , Israel , the Israeli–Palestinian conflict , and her claims that "Congress, the White House, Hollywood and Wall Street are owned by Zionists", leading to multiple accusations of antisemitism . She then served as an opinion columnist for the Falls Church News-Press until February 2012.

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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

American journalist (1920–2013) For people with a similar name, see Helen Thomas (disambiguation) . Helen Amelia Thomas (August 4, 1920 – July 20, 2013) 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 . Thomas worked for the United Press and post-1958 successor United Press International (UPI) for 57 years, first as a correspondent, and later as White House bureau manager. She then served as a columnist for Hearst Newspapers from 2000 to 2010, writing on national affairs and the White House. Thomas was the first female officer of the National Press Club , the first female member and president of the White House Correspondents' Association and the first female member of the Gridiron Club . She wrote six books; her last (with co-author Craig Crawford ) was Listen Up, Mr. Thomas retired from Hearst Newspapers on June 7, 2010, following controversial remarks she made about Israel , the Israeli–Palestinian conflict , and potentially Israeli Jews in an impromptu, unstructured amateur short interview when solicited for "any comments on Israel ," she replied that "tell them to get the hell out of Palestine ," leading to multiple accusations of antisemitism . She then served as an opinion columnist for the Falls Church News-Press until February 2012.

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The opening as it stood in 2025

American journalist (1920–2013) For people with a similar name, see Helen Thomas (disambiguation) . Helen Amelia Thomas (August 4, 1920 – July 20, 2013) 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 . Thomas worked for the United Press and post-1958 successor United Press International (UPI) for 57 years, first as a correspondent, and later as White House bureau manager. She then served as a columnist for Hearst Newspapers from 2000 to 2010, writing on national affairs and the White House. Thomas was the first female officer of the National Press Club , the first female member and president of the White House Correspondents' Association and the first female member of the Gridiron Club . She wrote six books; her last (with co-author Craig Crawford ) was Listen Up, Mr. Thomas retired from Hearst Newspapers on June 7, 2010, following controversial remarks she made about Israel in an impromptu, unstructured amateur short interview when solicited for "any comments on Israel ," she replied, "tell them to get the hell out of Palestine ," leading to accusations of antisemitism . She then served as an opinion columnist for the Falls Church News-Press until February 2012.

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