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Helen Thomas 有深厚的白宫背景，不仅仅是个普通资深记者。
根据 wiki，
Helen Amelia Thomas (August 4, 1920 – July 20, 2013) was an American author and news service reporter, member of the White House press corps and opinion columnist. She worked for the United Press and post-1958 successor United Press International (UPI) for 57 years, first as a correspondent, and later as White House bureau manager. She was a columnist for Hearst Newspapers from 2000 to 2010, writing on national affairs and the White House. She covered the administrations of eleven U.S. presidents—from the final years of the Eisenhower administration to the second year of the Obama administration.
Thomas was the first female officer of the National Press Club, the first female member and president of the White House Correspondents' Association and the first female member of the Gridiron Club. She wrote six books; her last, with co-author Craig Crawford, was Listen Up, Mr. President: Everything You Always Wanted Your President to Know and Do (2009). Thomas retired from Hearst Newspapers on June 7, 2010, following controversial comments she made about Israel and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
她的话会引起争议（她也有支持者），我觉得更重要得是引发大家对美国中东政策上的联想。而以色列是美国中东政策的支点，绝不容失。这个不象Snowden 揭发的事情和美国本土人民利益相关，而中东那里的人权与美国本土无关，中东事务又是国家利益，所以Helen就只能辞职了。Helen 后来自己也说： "I hit the third rail. You cannot criticize Israel in this country and survive." 奥巴马说她 "offensive" and "out of line" ，又说 it was a "shame" her celebrated career had to end in such controversy, 但奥巴马又承认其 long service covering U.S. presidents 地位, 称其为 "a real institution in Washington."
其实不管是美国那个将军，Helen，还是中国的毕福剑，言论自由需要满足一个"offense" 的界线。国和国不同，这个界线可以不一致，但这个界线一定是社会的共识。大家的讨论会在 same page。美国花了200年逐步划出这个共识范围。中国也肯定要经历很久。 |
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