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...Pollsters like Andrew Kohut are now putting this spin on sensational news: The public doesn't really want to read about it - doesn't really pay that much attention, for example, to the Chandra Levy-Gary Condit story. This argument suggests that Americans are much more high-minded than the drooling, cynical media seem to assume. The theory flatters our self-esteem...
...Around the dinner tables I've sat at lately, absolutely no one declined, in the Kohut mode, to talk about Chandra Levy and Gary Condit. Almost all criticized Chandra's family for their weirdly non-judgmental and even coyly receptive reaction when they learned young Chandra was having an affair with a much older, married Congressman. Not the way for parents to behave! Condit himself is, of course, a source of endless speculation. Is he himself a victim? Or a monster...
...example, although 40 percent of Americansoriginally were concerned about the allegationsagainst Clinton, now only 25 percent feel thecontinued spotlight is essential, Kohut said...
...Kohut also said the public is losing confidencein the objectivity of the press...
Because the media has presented a "beleagueredPresident," the public perceives a bias againstthe President in the press coverage, Kohut said...