Friday, March 6, 1998
Speaks Out
Did the media handle the President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky
scandal intelligently?
Jennifer Politowski
Third-year
psychology
"No, I definitely think they didn’t. They’ve taken it and made
it into a soap opera and they’re invading on her privacy and it’s
hard because he’s trying to move on. It’s just a mess."
James Park
Graduate student
computer science
"I think it was important news, things the media had to cover.
There was a lot of speculation but there’s always going to be
speculation and unnamed sources when you have no real information,
similar to what happened with Nixon. So I think they did a
more-or-less intelligent job with it."
Nicole Usher
First-year
undeclared
"Probably not because there are more important things we have to
worry about now besides what he’s doing outside his marriage."
Randy Chiu
Third-year
mathematics
"I think they’re too quick to call him guilty. And without
really getting the sympathy of the public, a lot of people already
think he’s guilty. And it’s not really going to implicate him on
anything. Even if he’s found guilty, I don’t think they’d impeach
him anyway. It doesn’t seem like it matters that much."
Tim Beattie
Third-year
mathematics
"It became a media circus. It got out of control. The media
weren’t really interested in the president. They were more into
selling the news."
Ronnie Jordan
Third-year
English/neuroscience
"I think there’s a lot more important stuff going on right now
in the country and in the world for them to run as front-page
stories."
Scott Yarbroff
Third-year
political science
"No, I don’t think so. The main issue is basically whether
Clinton forced her to lie or not. That’s perjury. And if you think
about it, that’s what got Nixon impeached. It’s a major deal when
the president of the United States possibly broke the law. So I
think any media attention toward the most important man in the
country is important news."