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...issue, the Star (circ. 3.2 million) purports to describe the bedroom romps of Kirstie Alley ("Kirstie Alley: I Lured Men by Promising 3-in-a-Bed with Mimi Rogers") and the psychological torments of Julie Andrews ("Julie Andrews: Sound of Music Drove Me to Shrink"). For many readers, tabloids are nothing more than the print equivalent of candy bars -- fun but insubstantial. But when it comes to his cover story on the alleged 12-year affair between Bill Clinton and Gennifer Flowers, Kaplan asserts that the tabloid, based in Tarrytown, N.Y., is on a loftier mission. "This isn't Martians...
...course of defending the story, Kaplan insists on bucking the rules of both the tabloid and the mainstream press. The 1951 graduate of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, who was an editor with both the Ladies' Home Journal and US magazine, admits that he paid Flowers for her story (though he will not say how much). But instead of proudly wallowing in the tabloid tradition of checkbook journalism, he sounds defensive about it. "We are not the first news-gathering organization to pay for interviews," he says. He claims the story is true because the Star has obtained tapes...
Until last week, that is, when the supermarket tabloid Star printed allegations by an Arkansas state employee and sometime cabaret singer named Gennifer Flowers that she and Clinton had a 12-year affair. Never mind that Flowers herself was already on record as denying the relationship. In a Jan. 30, 1991, letter, Flowers' attorney threatened legal action against a Little Rock radio station for "wrongfully and untruthfully ((alleging)) an affair between my client" and Clinton...
...week, Clinton can be heard saying that "as long as everyone hangs tough" there will be no problems. "If they ever hit you with it, just say no and go on." Snippets of the conversations published by the Star do not record an admission of sexual contact, but the tabloid's editor insists they confirm an illicit relationship and indicate that Clinton was urging a cover...
Getting a read on the tabloid accuser...