The resignation question and newspaper editorials. Our media correspondent Terence Smith has the story. Indeed I did have a relationship with Miss Lewinsky that was not appropriate. In fact, it was wrong. Since President Clinton gave that speech ten days ago, a rising chorus of newspaper editorials across the country has been calling for the president's resignation.
Several newspapers call for resignation.
Just today, the lead editorial in the conservative Daily Oklahoman demanded for the third time that the president step down. The Oklahoman endorsed Republican Robert Dole in 1996 and has criticized Clinton's policies from the outset. Other papers withhold judgement. Other papers have stopped short of calling for resignation. Now, we turn to the editorial page editors of four of the newspapers in question.