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When should the watchdogs bark? : media coverage of the Clinton scandals

Title: When should the watchdogs bark? : media coverage of the Clinton scandals / Larry J. Sabato & S. Robert Lichter.
Author: Sabato, Larry.
Publication: Lanham, Maryland : University Press of America, Inc., [1994], ©1994.

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Description

126 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Alternative Title

Media coverage of the Clinton scandals.

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Note

"Copublished by arrangement with the Center for Media and Public Affairs."--T.p. verso.

Contents

I. News Coverage of the Clinton Scandals: An Overview. The Chronology of Coverage. Structure of This Study -- II. Differences in the Coverage: Whitewater vs. Troopergate/Paula Jones. Little Coverage, With Exceptions. Stories Printed and Aired. Standards of Proof. Treatment of Sources -- III. Why Journalists Were Reluctant to Cover the Personal Scandals. Squeamish on Sex: Values of the Media. Journalists' Self-Esteem. Peer Review and Public Reaction. It's the President, Stupid. Sex vs. Official Misconduct. An Easy Exit Strategy -- IV. Lessons and Prescriptions. Options for Future Coverage. Categorizing Stories. Applications to the Clinton Sex Chronicles -- Sidebar A: It Was the Best of Times. It Was the Worst of Times -- Sidebar B: The Post and Ms. Jones -- Sidebar C: Trooper L. D. Brown: The Forgotten Trooper -- Sidebar D: Times are Tough... On the Clintons -- Sidebar E: The Half-Truth and Nothing but the Half Truth: The White House Credibility Gap Revisited -- Sidebar F: Old Lessons Re-Learned.
Sidebar G: Sex Please - We're British! Clinton's Press Across the Pond -- Sidebar H: The Joke's on Clinton: A Sampler of Scandal Humor.

ISBN

0964387700

LCCN

94069209

OCLC

ocm31820337

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries