This Just In: We're Fired

A hostile takeover rocks radio's voice of the left

On election day, with a certain relative of his running for the U.S. Senate, the Commander in Chief surprised New York radio stations by calling with a genial get-out-the-vote message. But Clinton's goodwill wagon lost an axle when he called WBAI in Manhattan and was put on the air with Amy Goodman, host of a Pacifica Radio program called Democracy Now!

Goodman, an award-winning rabble rouser whose show is carried by 30-some stations, does not have a change-up. She only has fastballs, and she throws at the head. For 30 minutes she kept Clinton dancing and ducking, at one point accusing...

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