Eleanor Clift Whitewashes Anti-Jewish Comments

Eleanor Clift is entitled to respect Helen Thomas despite her explicitly anti-Jewish statements. But Clift's readers are entitled to a forthright telling of the controversy. It is not about "anti-settler" remarks. It is not even about anti-Israel comments. It is about anti-Semitic remarks.

The Helen Thomas Cover-Up: Media Whitewash Bigoted Record

 Laudatory obituaries for Helen Thomas, first female White House reporter for a major news service, minimized her 2010 anti-Israel, anti-Jewish outburst. They noted her "apology" but omitted her retraction. And Thomas' unprofessional hostility to the Jewish state went largely unreported.