Yesterday in our news section on the right, we linked to an AP story about Bill Clinton defending Hillary from criticism over her heavily parsed debate answer on whether illegal immigrants should be allowed to legally hold driver’s licenses. The headline we used was “Bill Clinton: My Wife is Being Swiftboated.”
We got a few reader emails, some rather agitated, complaining that the headline was unfair or over the top. I went back and re-read that AP story a couple of more times and had no qualms that the headline fit the story reported by the AP. Subsequent stories by the AP expanded on the theme, and later in the day Clinton’s Democratic rivals responded to the swift boat charge.
But as Greg Sargent points out, the transcript of the former President’s remarks makes the AP‘s characterization seem a bit strained.
