[artofeyyy]

Couldn't happen to a nicer lady...she is a national treasure, ya know.

Loves ya, Helen!

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/12/04....thomas.award/

Helen Thomas' school scraps award over 'Zionists' remark

By The CNN Wire Staff

December 5, 2010 -- Updated 1935 GMT (0335 HKT)

Helen Thomas covered every presidential administration since John F. Kennedy's in the early 1960s.

Wayne State University will no longer give out award in honor of Helen Thomas

The school says comments this week from the longtime journalist prompted action

Thomas reportedly said "Zionists" control Congress, White House and Hollywood

She abruptly retired last spring after saying Jewish people should leave Israel

(CNN) -- The alma mater of journalist Helen Thomas will not bestow an award that had been given in her name, making the decision after the 90-year-old scribe made more controversial comments about Jewish people.

Wayne State University, the Detroit, Michigan, institution that Thomas graduated from in 1942, said in a statement Friday that the school will no longer give out the Helen Thomas Spirit of Diversity in the Media Award.