Word: scandalous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sensational political scandals, for all their variety, have long enjoyed a certain predictability. The first period in the life of a scandal is marked by intense media hyperactivity. Any scrap of information, any grainy photograph and any marginal character with the slightest connection to the scandal suddenly become newsworthy and important...
...this buoyant period in the life of a scandal is short-lived. It is inevitably followed by a second period in which journalists debate whether the first period was needlessly excessive. Commentators on television round-tables ponder whether or not there was a "rush to judgement." Between advertisements for cat food and diarrhea medications, the assembled high priests of the journalism profession solemnly lament their dismal performance and vow to be more circumspect the next time they haul somebody's sex life into public view...
...Late Scandal News: Starr Says No Deal Kenneth Starr has rejected another written proffer of an immunity deal from Monica Lewinsky's lawyers, according to sources. And the Wall Street Journal is reporting that a White House steward told the Starr grand jury he saw Lewinsky and the President alone together--and cleaned up some potentially incriminating napkins. Iraqi Offer Doesn't Cut It It's no dice for Iraq's latest attempt to wriggle out of the current crisis. TIME explains what the U.S. needs to hear from Saddam. Full Story
Executive Protection Lawyers say Bill Clinton could use "national security" concerns to block the special prosecutor's White House investigation. Call that full cooperation? TIME Daily special: Scandal in the Oval Office
...Some things never change. Both Leno and Letterman took a pass on Karla Faye, preferring instead to do their silliloquies on what Letterman has been calling "The Monica Lewinski White House Sex Scandal Gate." Among Dave's throw-aways: "While you were having sex" pink message pads from the Oval Office...