Your right to know Veteran reporter issues challenge to sold-out auditorium.(News)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April, 2007 | by Edman, Catherine

Byline: Catherine Edman Daily Herald Staff Writer America's crown as the leader of the world is tarnished, says press legend Helen Thomas. And the only way to restore the luster is to get U.S. troops out of Iraq, from a war she calls illegal, press politicians to "do the right thing" and make sure journalists ask the tough questions.

She told a sold-out auditorium at the College of DuPage McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn that after more than 50 years in the White House press corps, she doesn't regret a single question asked. "I just regret the lack of opportunity," she said. That opportunity to ask questions is something she charges reporters failed to do enough prior to President Bush's call to war. In part, she said, it's due to pressure from...