So new angles are invented and presented as news. Reporters then watched and commented as the President's daily approval numbers fluctuated by one or two percentage points. Never mind that the margin for error is higher than that, rendering the entire discussion completely meaningless. Brows are furrowed. Conclusions are drawn.
News is made.
Combing Monica Lewinsky's life for new and thrilling details became a national pastime. The stills from her yearbook and graduation were burned into our skulls more firmly than our own high school memories. Finally, somebody found five seconds of Clinton actually hugging the girl, which we then saw highlighted and looped and running back and forth like an illicit Cat Chow commercial. Some media outlets even offered a bounty for anything new on Lewinsky. So alleged former lovers and boyfriends began coming forward.