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Helen Thomas

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The Resume

    (August 4, 1920-July 20, 2013)
    Raised in Detroit
    Member of the White House press corps
    Known as 'the First Lady of the Press'

Why she might be annoying:

    She was a journalist.
    Some say she had a liberal bias.
    She was small and troll-like.
    She had a squawky voice.
    She accompanied President Richard Nixon to China.
    She announced her retirement a week after saying all of the Jews should leave Israel and go back to Europe (June 7, 2010).

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was one of the first successful female journalists.
    She served in the press corps of nine presidential administrations, more than anyone else in history.
    She left United Press International after 57 years when it was bought by the nut case Sun Myung Moon.
    She was never afraid to heckle the President of the United States.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 53 Votes: 47.17% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 30 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 56 Votes: 46.43% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 29 Votes: 58.62% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 25 Votes: 52.00% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 66 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 205 Votes: 67.32% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 144 Votes: 76.39% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 33 Votes: 60.61% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 1293 Votes: 49.34% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 63 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 192 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 186 Votes: 62.37% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 281 Votes: 51.25% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 292 Votes: 56.51% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 1224 Votes: 58.33% Annoying