On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Jim Farmelant wrote:
>
> Can anyone name a journalist that Clinton couldn't
> walk all over in an interview?
On the left, I would say he'd have a tough time against the likes of Alterman and Hithcens, although I have no idea what sort of presence the former has in person. On the right, there are probably a few dudes over at Fox news who wouldn't have much of a problem holding their own.
-- Luke
> Whatever else
> one can say about Clinton, he was one of the
> brightest people in electoral politics, and I
> think one would be hard put to come up with
> the name of anyone with whom Clinton could
> not more than hold his own in an interview.
>
> Jim F.
>
> On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 10:49:19 -0400 Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
> writes:
> > Dennis Robert Redmond wrote:
> >
> > >On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, frank scott wrote:
> > >
> > >> and as grateful as I am for much that amy goodman has done,
> > still can't
> > >> forget the wretched job she did interviewing clinton, for which
> > she
> > >> became a heroine among the naive and gullible...he walked all
> > over her,
> > >> made her seem like a monica-with-mike, and she was treated like
> > some
> > >> joan of arc of radio for being so courageous or
> > something...barf...
> > >
> > >What are you talking about? That interview rocked. It's the only, I
> > >repeat, only time I've *ever* heard Bubba Bill blow up at an
> > >interviewer.
> >
> > But she couldn't really challenge anything he said, because she's
> > just well-informed enough. I thought that Clinton kicked her around
> > the block - and answering questions that he'd probably never been
> > asked before. I only read the transcript, and didn't listen to the
> > audio, but I bet he even sounded better than her; his speech is
> > rather fluent and pleasing, and hers can sound like broken glass.
> > The
> > miracle of the interview is that she managed to keep him on the line
> >
> > for 30 minutes; tenacity does have its virtues. But so does knowing
> > what you're talking about.
> >
> > Doug
>
>
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