Amy Goodman's Nasty Streak [View All]

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Amy Goodman has a nasty streak regarding Bill Clinton. Like Maureen Down, she never passes up an opportunity to Clinton-bash. It's oddly out of character for Goodman, who is one of the better journalists around.

Today, Goodman marked the launch of Clinton's book by re-playing her interview with him on Election Day, 2000. In that interview, Goodman was gratuitously antagonistic to the point where Clinton finally had to say something. He called her disrespectful - which she certainly was.

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/21/1613218

Clinton governed as a centrist; he wasn't all things to all people. No doubt he disappointed some progressives. Goodman gave him grief about everything imaginable; she didn't give him any relief at all. To his credit, Clinton handled every question confidently, without stumbling or pausing. But after a while he got irritated with Goodman's relentless attack.

Clinton had called to get out the vote for Al Gore in what was shaping up to be a close election. Goodman used this inappropriate occasion to sink her teeth into him. She kept him on the phone, badgering him with hostile questions.