Hillary Clinton calls a Florida pastor’s plan to burn a Koran on 911 “disgraceful” and says it is not America. She also makes a half-joke about “hoping against hope” that if he does it it won’t be covered — also notes how outrageous statements and acts can get coverage:
Secretary Clinton: may I say:
“Ditto”?
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.