Tony Snow on Helen Thomas
From a recent Q&A with Brian Lamb on C-SPAN:
LAMB: Helen Thomas has been around since the ’60s, maybe the ’50s.
SNOW: Yes.
LAMB: What, she just turned 87 years old?
SNOW: She’s either 86 or 87, yes.
LAMB: She went from being a UPI reporter, which meant as a wire service …
SNOW: Right.
LAMB: … to being an opinionist and writing a column.
SNOW: Right.
LAMB: First of all, how do you do that and stay in that same front row?
SNOW: I think what’s happened is, Helen, by virtue of longevity, has earned a place there, and the correspondents acknowledge it.
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