Yes, it’s from the infidel’s show, but it’s still pretty funny.

“The Obama administration has brought a new era of transparency and openness to the media. Um, which of the questions that your staff insisted be pre-approved would you like to answer first? One, two or three?” HA! And Gibbs actually says, “I’m happy to talk about what we approved that I can talk about,” by way of answer. Awesome.

Plus, now we know what Helen Thomas is doing when she’s not calling Americans
a bunch of terrorists.

Open Thread

Tommy Christopher (yes, seriously) asked Helen Thomas today about her oft-repeated phrase “so-called terrorists”. Here’s what she had to say:

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“Their tactics are horrible, but so are ours.”

What is there to add to that? Helen’s own words I guess.

“I’m a liberal, I was born a liberal, I’ll be one ’til I die, what else should a reporter be when you see so much and when we have such great privilege and access to the truth?”

Yep, that fits. (UPDATE below the fold.)

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