Clintons Sex Scandal
...without some
emotion of envy or awe. This building epitomizes world leadership and
unprecedented power. This renowned leadership may be the only association
made by certain countries, while in the United States many see an other
significance: Watergate, Whitewater, Kennedy's brutal and mysterious
assassination, and today, Clinton's "zippergate" scandal. When the
President of the United States takes oath, he gives up a part of his life.
His private life becomes the public's life, and they feel the right to know
what happens behind the Oval Office. Now the Presidency must battle against
Newspaper journalists, radio personalities, televised news reports and now,
even more menacing: the Internet.
Presidents who are constantly reminded of their power and prestigious rank,
become exasperated because they cannot control the news media, even though
they can to a large degree set the news agenda. Media has expanded in its
presence, becoming widespread on the Internet, perhaps monopolizing the
domain, by becoming more powerful and more used than written, televised or
radio journalism. The Presidents' inability to control the press exposes
their vulnerability and tends to question the actual power they can
actually exert. All presidents, at some time or another, became frustrated
at what they perceived as unfair treatment by the press, even while
acknowledging its vital function in a free society, and many presidents
have been a part of a scandal.
The current...
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