If it was an affair that had some bearing on his public office or conduct of his public office, we had to consider that differently. And the Gennifer Flowers story actually raised one of those issues that shows you the difference and that is she claimed that Clinton tried to help her get a state job and in fact did help her get a state job. Well by that standard, this affair became a more extraordinary event in the public sense. Well, that kind of standard was what we tried to apply. So we wouldn't even consider looking into the others that had no such public impact.
Sex is a very difficult subject for reporters to deal with.
Editors are especially sensitive about it. Journalism 101 doesn't deal with what you do when you are confronted with these kinds of stories, there's no precedent really for it. And reporters like anyone else consider some things to be very personal and it's uncomfortable to even inquire into them. I mean imagine going knocking on a door as a reporter and asking if they'd had sex with Bill Clinton. So contrary to maybe some opinion, this is not a controversy reporters really want to spend a lot of time in.