United Press International (UPI) is a USA news agency covering National News.
United Press International (UPI) is an American news agency founded in 1907 by newspaper publisher Edward W. Scripps as United Press Associations. The UPI news wire provides daily coverage of breaking U.S. and international news, business and markets, entertainment, sports, science, and health. Once a major competitor to other "wire services" like the Associated Press and Reuters, UPI is a much smaller service today.
In 2000, UPI was bought by News World Communications, a media company owned by the Unification Church, which is controlled by the Reverend Sun Myung Moon.
It is one of the best American media outlets, according to Mondo Times members.
This news agency is owned by News World Communications, Inc.
Mailing address: 1400 I Street NW, Washington, DC 20005
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Does Helen Thomas Have Any Regrets About Comments That Cost Her Job? “Hell No”
-- On February 17, 2011, Mediaite reported:
"If you thought former White House reporter Helen Thomas might want to apologize for the comments she made last year suggesting Jews “go home” to Germany and Poland and “get the Hell out of Palestine,” well, she’s fine with what she said. In fact, in her first big television interview since the controversy, she seemed to double down, angrily defending the content of what she said...
Former UPI White House Reporter Helen Thomas Announces Retirement in Wake of Israel Remarks
-- UPI.com reported on June 7, 2010:
"Veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas announced her retirement Monday, just days after she made controversial remarks about Israel and Palestine.
Her retirement was effective immediately.
The comments -- in which she said Israelis should "get the hell out of Palestine" and go elsewhere -- also led to a Bethesda, Md., high school to cancel Thomas's appearance as a commencement...
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