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Sipes Vs Gamson
Both Gamson and Sipes focus on the types of stories told about sex scandals by the media. While Gamson looks at the main narrative told across all media, Sipes focuses on the individual narratives for each piece of media regarding the sex scandal.
Sipes’ argument shows immediate damages from the outbreak of a political sex scandal but Gamson benefits from the greater time span, showing that perhaps a reputation can be recovered. Though Sipes concedes that two actors out of the three she analyzed have since recovered their political careers, she casts strong doubt on the ability of John Edwards to recover (108). Her essay was, however, only written months after more details of the scandal were exposed and while criminal investigations into

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