If you ever find Hezbollah praising me for the beliefs I hold, just shoot me and get it over with.

“Respected American journalist Helen Thomas’s answer shows … a courageous, bold, honest and free opinion which expresses what people across the globe believe: that Israel is a racist state of murderers and thugs,” Hezbollah MP Hussein Moussawi said in a statement. (AFP)

“Respected American journalist Helen Thomas” was dropped by her agent, condemned by past and present media figures on both sides of the aisle, and forced to resign — a move that ended her decades-long career. Yeah, real respected in the end.