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To: Charlie Tuna who wrote (5995)	1/24/1998 7:23:00 PM
From: Rob S.	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 11555

Off topic: The media and multi-multi billion dollar advertising industry and the political game the way it has become played have all been the outgrowth of radio, TV, and print broadcast technologies. These are all "one to many" in their basic dynamic. Where there is great concentration of money, power and control, there is going to be great abuse to go along with it. Politicians are chosen as much or more for how they display themselves rather than how smart and capable they are. And the media sell advertisements by how many people watch, listen or read which is based on how sensational the news is, rather than how objective or how much in the public interest the coverage is. The internet has taken part in the Clinton scandal by being the first place this news got out and being a platform for the sharing of ideas. In the future, I hope that this new "many to many" media grows to reshape the basic ways information is diseminated so that it displaces the motivations of sensationalism and image politics. I think that the media jumped on the Clinton thing with more figor than usual, sidestepping checks on the facts, each money grubbing interest set to outdo each other. In the vacuum of news that was cabable of gripping hte American public, the Clinton scandal was the perfect target. If Clinton lied under oath about his involvement, then that is serious. However, the motivations and reputations of the antagonists should be looked at as well. As far as a moral issue is concerned, it is not up to a public prosecutor or Congress to go after the president on moral grounds. If someone involved, such as Hillory Clinton, wants to divorce her husband or some other civil case can be brought against him, them that is the arena for this to be taken up. It is a sad day in the course of American history when the public looses perspective and casts infidelity, if it is proven to have occured, in balance of importance against the office of the president. One heck of a way to run the most prosperous country on hte face of the planet. "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone" particularly rings true when the lives of the entire nation and the world are effected.