Miss Thomas made alot of reporters cringe. There are plenty of arab american journalists that are tough on Israel, but they do it with professionalism. CBS' Fouad Ajami has ripped into Israeli political policy, but he has also been fair about it. Anthony Shadid was wounded while covering the west bank violence and reports for the Washington Post and is no friend of Israel's, but he has tried to be a good reporter His tough articles are not filled with blind hatred. Neither of these guys had much use for Helen Thomas. Unfortunately, no one has talked to them.

Watching the newsfeeds from the major American networks last night, it seems that alot of the WH correspondents were making comments along the lines of, well its not the first time etc., she's said far worse. In previous times, she was downright nasty to the various Presidents of the USA. I am no fan of the last Pres. Bush, but she didn't need to be fo f**king rude and disrespectful. Nor did she need to level malicious accusations at Pres. Obama, pretending it was a question.

What some see is only her public personna. The reality is that she was a diva, with a major attitude long before this episode. Go back 25 years when she was a miserable c**t. He age related behavioural changes have brought out the worst of her cranky disposition.