A random wisecrack

It was certainly an unwitting act when I've opened this old article by good ole Chris McGreal on professional demise of Helen Thomas. I didn't read it before and decided to browse through before continuing whatever I aimed to do. The decision paid off in an unexpected way:

She became one of the instantly recognised faces on television at presidential press conferences.

Hmm... even I was kind of embarrassed, and I am neither one of the two protagonists of this post.