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...press, which considers itself the arbiter of how long anyone lasts in the limelight, doesn't like to have that judgment challenged. Having once buried Gary Hart politically, first with its coverage of the Donna Rice weekend, then with editorials pronouncing him too flawed in character to be President, the press now finds itself having to await the electorate's verdict...
...with, rather than amused by, a rock star's tantrums, or when a politician has worn out his welcome. (A magazine that misjudges and too often features on its cover someone readers are tired of, quickly learns the lesson from lower newsstand sales.) In the case of Hart, the public plainly deplored his conduct but still remained fascinated by him. In his comeback, he skillfully assured himself further attention by blaming reporters for his troubles...
...Gary Hart thus joins a prickly cast of characters, among them Senator Joe McCarthy, Spiro Agnew and Ollie North, who take on the media, and by doing so prolong their stay in the public eye. The press (which also competes for the public's favor) has to prove that it is being fair to its critics, and has done so lately by giving Gary Hart acres of publicity he couldn't buy. USA Today reports that in the four days after Hart resumed his candidacy, network evening television gave him 39.31 minutes of coverage, while allotting George Bush...
Some editors feared that the media's pursuit of Hart's private life might become as much an issue as his adulteries. As Hart put it in a speech at Yale, "How far are we prepared to go as a society to peek into areas hitherto precluded...
...Gary Hart's speech Sunday, in Science Center E, will not be at 7 p.m. as posters stated. Call 498-7361 for the correct time...