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...ABC Rating: [4 1/2 Monica Lewinsky heads...
Caught in a testosterone battle between football and sex, ABC punts Prez, returns to a pre-season game in Mexico 23 minutes after the address and a brief commentary from studly historian Michael Beschloss...
...very cautious speech. In an overnight poll from CNN, 53 percent claimed to be satisfied with the President's remarks. His job approval rating remained steady at 62 percent. Straw polls from the terrestrial networks offered similar figures. As always with Clinton, however, there were contradictions: An ABC poll had 68 percent saying he should not resign, even though 52 percent believed he did obstruct justice -- the only offense for which he could reasonably be impeached...
...President isn't the only one bedeviled by references to Monica Lewinsky's besmirched dress. How were news organizations handling the sticky issue of the stain? While some were plain--ABC News, the New York Post and the Los Angeles Times used the word "semen"--others were more circumspect. "Physical evidence" was the phrase favored at NPR, CNN and the Wall Street Journal, while "bodily fluids" prevailed at CBS News. NBC News and MSNBC went with "DNA evidence," the Washington Post liked "DNA material," and the Christian Science Monitor said "forensic evidence that might suggest sexual contact." The Russian news...
APPOINTED. PATRICIA FILI-KRUSHEL, 44; as president of ABC Television; in New York City. Fili-Krushel, formerly an executive at Lifetime Television and HBO, is the first woman to lead a major TV network...