One scandalous story
Subtitle: Clinton, Lewinsky, and thirteen days that tarnished American journalism
By: Marvin Kalb.
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 306
Subjects: Clinton, Bill, 1946- -- Relations with journalists; Clinton, Bill, 1946- -- Relations with women; Lewinsky, Monica S. 1973-; Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Journalistic ethics -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Sensationalism in journalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Privacy, Right of -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Press and politics -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Description: "In 1963 Marvin Kalb observed the Secret Service escorting an attractive woman into a hotel for what was most likely a rendezvous with President Kennedy. Kalb, then a news correspondent for CBS, didn't consider the incident newsworthy. Thirty-five years later, Kalb watched in dismay as the press dove headfirst into the scandal of President Clinton's affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, disclosing every prurient detail. How and why had the journalistic landscape shifted so dramatically?".

"One Scandalous Story seeks to answer this critical question through the inside story of thirteen days - January 13-25, 1998 - that make up a vital chapter in the history of American journalism.

Kalb examines just how the media covered the Lewinsky scandal, offering what he calls an "X-ray of the Washington press corps." Drawing on hundreds of original interviews, Kalb allows us to eavesdrop on the incestuous deals between reporters and sources, the bitter disagreements among editors, the machination of moguls for whom news is Big Business, and above all, the frantic maneuvering to break the story.

He retraces decisions made by Michael Isikoff of Newsweek, Internet renegade Matt Drudge, Jackie Judd of ABC, Clinton-basher Lucianne Goldberg, Susan Schmidt of The Washington Post, Jackie Bennett of the Office of the Independent Counsel, and other key players in this scandal that veered from low comedy to high drama."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-294) and index.