Word: stakeouts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...plows through the press mob or watches as the lawn of her suburban bungalow is chewed up by a stakeout, the anguish visible on her face comes from her knowledge of Bill Clinton, the man up close, not the President we write about from afar. No doubt she's been a victim of his carelessness, as so many have, but she has also been the recipient of a hundred kindnesses. When her brother and sister died suddenly and young in the space of six months, Clinton dropped everything to go to both funerals...
...After Tuesday night's Karla Faye weeper, "Nightline" was back to nuts and bolts with explainers on two enemies Clinton can't do without: the rabid right and the ravenous press. The press segment was better, a cameraman's-eye view of a grand jury stakeout...
...decision, in retrospect, was a no-brainer--made easier for NBC by the fact that it had two sister cable channels, MSNBC and CNBC, continuing the O.J. stakeout in Santa Monica, California. But the decision had particular resonance for NBC. The network's evening newscast has faced similar--if less momentous--choices night after night for the past several months, and has come down, more often than not, on the opposite side: bypassing or downplaying traditional Washington stories in favor of news, trends and features from the heartland--plus a liberal dose of O.J. The strategy has worked...
...Club, I knew I had to be there. Smelling my Pulitzer Prize in the balance, I begged anyone who would listen to let me sit in. I was promptly refused--absolutely no journalists allowed. I wasn't going to take no for an answer, however, and I resolved to stakeout the Pudding, to cover the meeting surreptitiously. But then I decided to write some e-mail and go to sleep...
...coverage of Richard Jewell is a case in point. In its lead staff editorial on Tuesday, The New York Times laid nearly all the blame for the unjust treatment of Richard Jewell at the FBI's doorstep. They characterized the media's pursuit of Jewell and the stakeout of his home "regrettable," but peripheral. Ultimately, the editors said, the FBI was at fault for conducting an investigation based entirely on circumstantial evidence, rumor and hearsay. The FBI does shoulder considerable blame for leaking Jewell's identity to the press. Eager to close the case, they counted their chickens before they...