Bill Clinton Vs. The Media

The reaction to Bill Clinton's comments about an article written by Vanity Fair's Todd Purdum have raised some pretty flaring reactions itself. Purdum wrote an article about Clinton's friends and advisors may be bringing negative attention to Hillary Clinton's campaign, Clinton reacted by calling Purdum "sleezy," "a scumbag" and "slimy." He claimed his reporting was dishonest and had no real factual base considering he cited no sources.

The reaction from readers on Huffington Post was pretty unanimous. With over 2,000 comments, most called Clinton a hypocrite. The former president obviously had his fair share of controversy while in the  White House and honesty may not have been considered his forte, which is most likely the reason he received the reaction that he did.

This is another instance of huge political figures finding something wrong with anything that isn't written in their favor. While Clinton is regarded as one of our great presidents in recent US history, even he shows the biased that most other political figures do when reacting to media that isn't in their favor. His reaction to attack to the media the way he did was unfortunate, but it is yet another obstacle in media that we all must deal with.