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A new era in scandalology.(The media)(Viewpoint essay)

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| November 01, 2006 | Bowman, James | COPYRIGHT 2006 Foundation for Cultural Review. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

"Stories that couldn't be more different--Bob Woodward's new book and the Mark Foley sex scandal--are examples of the difference between get-it-in-the-paper-now journalism and how-did-it-really-happen journalism." Or so wrote Deborah Howell, ombudsman of the Washington Post, last month. "Readers questioned both" she added. In fact, the two stories were practically the same, since both were non-events that the Post, for whatever reason, was trying to blow up into scandals. What Mr. Woodward's book, or at least the publicity surrounding it, boiled down to was the less than earth-shaking revelation that presidents receive conflicting advice and intelligence in advance of ...

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