White House reporter Helen Thomas, who said she would "kill herself" if Dick Cheney announced he would make a bid for the presidency, is not at all happy that the remarks were published. This...from Drudge:
...Thomas said yesterday at the White House that her comments to Eisele were for his ears only. "I'll never talk to a reporter again!" Thomas was overheard saying.
"We were just talking -- I was ranting -- and he wrote about it. That isn't right. We all say stuff we don't want printed," Thomas said.
But Eisele said that when he called Thomas, "I assume she knew that we were on the record."
"She's obviously very upset about it, but it was a small item -- until Drudge picked it up and broadcast it across the universe," Eisele said.
Still, he noted that reporters aren't that happy when the tables are turned. "Nobody has thinner skin than reporters," Eisele said with a laugh.
Boy, isn't that the truth.
Reporters are so good at the "gotcha game." Always there when a microphone catches a personal remark, always there to exploit the slip of the tongue that makes others look bad. Worshiping at the altar of whstle-blowers and inside information.
Don't turn the tables though. That's a big no-no.
My advice to Helen is to suck on it. Eisele is simply demonstrating how Thomas herself has made for such a long successful career. Maybe it will teach her a little humility.
I doubt it...but maybe.
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