Washington – The White House Correspondents’ Association on Sunday announced that Fox News will get a coveted front-row seat in the White House briefing room.
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The Associated Press will take Helen Thomas’ old seat, while Fox News will now occupy AP’s former seat.
Thomas, who worked most recently as a columnist for Hearst Corporation, abruptly resigned her seat in early June following an uproar over comments she made about Jews in Israel. She was filmed saying Jews should “get the hell out of Palestine” and suggested they go instead to Germany, Poland and the United States. Thomas apologized and later resigned.
Thomas had covered every president since Dwight Eisenhower. She is approaching her 90th birthday.
Fox News White House Correspondent Major Garrett previously sat directly behind Thomas in the second row. Other news outlets represented in the front row are: NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, Reuters and the Associated Press.
Am I the only one who finds a picture of photographers photographing a chair funny?
How can they seriously consider a network with such dreche as Glen Beck, O’Reilly and Hanity as “journalists”. We are talking about front seats a the White house, not at some tea party circus with clowns like Sarah Palin providing the entertainment.
About time FOX gets treated like the others.
The only Pro Israel TV station in the US.