Amy Goodman On Reporting With Bell's Palsy

Left-wing radio host Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! was diagnosed with Bell’s palsy last month and continued to work with the disease. In her syndicated column, she described the experience:

I was just in Santa Fe, N.M., interviewing Tim Flannery, voted 2007 Australian of the Year for his remarkable work as an explorer, paleontologist, zoologist and climate-change scientist. Before we went on the stage, I apologized for my crooked smile. He said he knew the feeling, having had shingles, a more painful viral condition that affects one side of the face.

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