Word: scandalizes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After that initial story about an issue, it becomes old news; editors want to put something "fresh" in their paper. So in order to get on the front page, the campaign reporters are forced to churn out "scandal of the day" stories...
Real changes in campaign reporting won't evolve until we see real changes in the nature of campaigns. If the campaign only lasted for three months and not three years, the newspapers wouldn't have time to find the day's scandal. Instead they would be forced to report on the issues. And these articles would get more exposure from editors and producers because they'd still be "fresh...
...abuse scandal that followed 1991's Tailhook convention of Navy and Marine pilots has shot down a Navy Secretary and held up thousands of promotions. Now two top admirals have been hooked -- for other incidents. Vice Admiral Jerry Tuttle, 57, named to head the Navy's air arm, was denied promotion for sexist jokes in a newsletter he writes. Rear Admiral Joseph Prueher, 49, named to take command of the Third Fleet, was gigged for a 1989 episode at Annapolis, where he was the No. 2 man, when male midshipmen handcuffed a female classmate to a urinal...
Even as Defense Secretary Dick Cheney moved last week to put the Tailhook scandal behind him by naming a squeaky-clean number cruncher as Acting Navy Secretary, the Pentagon found itself embarrassed by new reports of sexual harassment and misconduct in the Navy...
...officers to cooperate "fully and truthfully" with the Pentagon probe into Tailhook. Appointed by Cheney for only a 120-day term, O'Keefe will sidestep Senate approval. Good news for the Navy, since confirmation hearings would have given lawmakers another chance to sound off against the already scandal-weary service...