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No Women Featured in NY Comedy Festival! No Joke!

Beverly Wettenstein | Posted 10.15.2009 | Entertainment

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Beverly Wettenstein

The Primetime Emmy Awards showed that women writers on a comedy or variety series are a rare and endangered species. Only seven of the 81 writers were women.

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No Instant Presidents

Craig Crawford | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics

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Craig Crawford

Not even President Obama's delightful Nobel Prize dissuades Helen Thomas from her view that he still has plenty to learn.

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Helen Thomas Trains Another Press Secretary (VIDEO)

Craig Crawford | Posted 10.03.2009 | Politics

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Craig Crawford

Suspicious that the White House is backing out of a public health insurance option, Helen Thomas gives Robert Gibbs yet another chance to fess up or deny.

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Dana Milbank: Where Is Obama's Backbone?

Washington Post | Dana Milbank | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

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Helen Thomas is 89 years old and requires some assistance to get to and from the daily White House briefing. Yet her backbone has proved stronger than...

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Christiane Amanpour Schools Kyra Phillips Over Helen Thomas Comment (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media

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Christiane Amanpour offered Kyra Phillips a history lesson when she questioned whether Helen Thomas could remain objective about President Obama after...

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Obama Sings Happy Birthday To Helen Thomas, Brings Her Cupcakes (VIDEO)

Huffingtion Post/AP | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media

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(AP) WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is celebrating his own birthday by leading the White House press corps in singing Happy Birthday to vet...

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Obama Proposes Replacing Anesthesia with Press Conferences

Andy Borowitz | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

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Andy Borowitz

The president said that clinical trials showed that patients who are exposed to one of his pressers usually lose consciousness within three minutes.

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Women Connecting Across the Generational Divide: From Gloria Steinem to Courtney Martin

Marianne Schnall | Posted 08.22.2009 | Living

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Marianne Schnall

This Omega Institute conference sets out to build bridges across generations that inspire and empower women to change the world.

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Obama Urges Cautious Optimism Toward New Season of Entourage

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 08.13.2009 | Comedy

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John Wellington Ennis

"I would suggest that detractors be more worried about E's vulnerability to Sloan," the President observed.

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Obama's Silence on "Bruno" Outrages Activists

Robert Lanham | Posted 08.13.2009 | Comedy

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Robert Lanham

Many activists contend that given the success of "Bruno," the time is now for the president to speak out in support of non-traditional films such as the ones made by Cohen.

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Sam Stein

Helen Thomas Ridicules Obama Torture Investigation Stance With Bush Comparison

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

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For the fourth time this week, the White House press briefing was dominated by questions over the president's stance -- seemingly souring -- on the id...

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After Pirates, Tea Partiers, Obama To Fight Vikings, Dinosaurs

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.15.2009 | Comedy

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Lee Stranahan

Republicans were critical of the President even though they were unaware of the specifics of what they were critical of.

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Sam Stein

Coulter: McCain v. Obama Was Like Helen Thomas v. George Foreman In His Prime

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.31.2009 | Politics

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One of the more interesting dynamics of the Conservative Political Action Conference this weekend in D.C. has been how eager conservatives have been t...

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Whoopi Knocks O'Reilly Over Helen Thomas Comment: "If You're Gonna Do Humor, Learn How To Do It" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Sabloff | Posted 03.20.2009 | Media

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During an appearance on Bill O'Reilly's show Tuesday night, Whoopi Goldberg criticized the Fox News host for calling longtime White House reporter Hel...

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Weekend Late-Night Joke Round-Up: Helen Thomas, Tony Robbins, And Chris Brown (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Patrick Waldo | Posted 03.19.2009 | Comedy

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Jimmy Kimmel was both informative and self-deprecating on Friday, telling his viewers that despite the recession condom sales are on the rise, which i...

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O'Reilly Defends Calling Helen Thomas "Wicked Witch Of The East" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 03.14.2009 | Media

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Bill O'Reilly's top story tonight on his Fox News show was devoted to defending remarks he made calling legendary White House reporter Helen Thomas th...

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WMC Demands Apology From O'Reilly For Helen Thomas Insult

Carol Jenkins | Posted 03.14.2009 | Media

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Carol Jenkins

We urge you to join the Women's Media Center in sending an official complaint to Fox News about Bill O'Reilly. His sexist and ageist comments about legendary reporter Helen Thomas require an apology.

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Bill O'Reilly Calls Helen Thomas "Wicked Witch Of The East," Does Impression (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 03.13.2009 | Media

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Bill O'Reilly called legendary White House reporter Helen Thomas the "wicked witch of the east" Monday night following President Obama's press confere...

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Why Did Obama Diss Helen Thomas?

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 03.13.2009 | World

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MJ Rosenberg

Why did Obama refuse to answer Helen Thomas' question alluding to Israeli nuclear weapons? Simple. Because if he did, the media would have reported it as a gaffe.

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Maybe We Can

Kate Clinton | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics

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Kate Clinton

With Obama's Inauguration, help may be near, but remedy is far. Church and state are one. Democracy is capitalism. War is peace. Memory is shredder. Our national glands are fatigued from the shock of the Bush Doctrine.

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Helen Thomas Returns To White House To Harass Obama (VIDEO)

Mediabistro | Posted 12.13.2008 | Media

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via Mediabistro: Our thanks to our sister blog FishbowlDC for this. Helen Thomas has sat in the White House Press Corp for seven presidents. Preside...

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Sarah Palin: Washington's Silent Movie Star... But She's No Greta Garbo

Lily Koppel | Posted 10.26.2008 | Style

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Lily Koppel

The American people should demand that Sarah Palin talk to the press. We are not watching a movie -- this is real life and it is getting increasingly scary. Who does she think she is, Garbo?

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Rory Kennedy, RFK's Daughter, Chats About Her HBO Film on Helen Thomas

Greg Mitchell | Posted 09.14.2008 | Entertainment

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Greg Mitchell

The HBO doc about journalism legend Helen Thomas, Thank you, Mr. President, is now slated for is first airing next Monday. Joe Strupp of E&P interviewed the director, Rory Kennedy.

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Bush to EPA: "Hi. Thanks for Writing. Between Now and January 20, I Won't Have Access to Email."

Marty Kaplan | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Executive Power, Helen Thomas, Bush Envrionmental Policy, Mike Allen, Bush EPA, Epa, George W. Bush, Politics News
Marty Kaplan

The Bush White House has come up with an ingenious new way to take care not to faithfully execute the laws of the land.

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Dana Perino Disses Helen Thomas On The Daily Show

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Dana Perino gets points for bravery, both for going on The Daily Show and for doing so in hot pink — but otherwise last night's interview with t...

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