Ari sez...

[Michael Perelman]

The order depends on where you sit.  Except for Helen, the front seats are
reserved for the "major" corp. media.  If one of their people does not
show up, you can take their seat.

On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 10:29:43AM -0500, Doug Henwood wrote:
> groschke at luminousvoid.net wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, / dave / wrote:
> >>  Michael Pollak wrote:
> >>
> >>  >>MR. FLEISCHER: Helen, I dispute the premise of your question
> >>  >
> >>  >
> >>  > Anyone know who this Helen is?
> >>
> >>  That would be Helen Thomas, the "Dean" of the White House Press Corps,
> >>  no? The same correspondent who grilled Ari on the potential bombing of
> >>  Iraqi citizens back in January. I think she's the only Helen in the
> >>  bunch. She left UPI after 40+ years of service when the Moonies bought
> >>  it, and now works for Hearst.
> >>
> >	her seniority gives her the first question.
> 
> Actually some dude named Mike got the first in that one.
> 
> Doug

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Michael Perelman
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California State University
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