The Clinton Sex Scandal

The Clinton Sex ScandalRare is a person that crosses the path of the White House without some emotionof envy or awe. This building epitomizes world leadership and unprecedentedpower. This renowned leadership may be the only association made by certaincountries, while in the United States many see an other significance:Watergate, Whitewater, Kennedy's brutal and mysterious assassination, andtoday, Clinton's "zippergate" scandal. When the President of the United Statestakes oath, he gives up a part of his life. His private life becomes thepublic's life, and they feel the right to know what happens behind the OvalOffice. Now the Presidency must battle against Newspaper journalists, radiopersonalities, televised news reports and now, even more menacing: theInternet.Presidents who are constantly reminded of their power and prestigious rank,become exasperated because they cannot control the news media, even though theycan to a large degree set the news agenda. Media has expanded in its presence,becoming widespread on the Internet, perhaps monopolizing the domain, bybecoming 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 theyperceived as unfair treatment by the press, even while acknowledging its vitalfunction in a free society, and many presidents have been a part of a scandal.The current Presidential scandal with Monica Lewinsky had swept the Nationovernight. It seems quite impossible to know just how it will all turn out, andunfair to even speculate, but the media certainly seems to think they possessthat right. It is obvious that this story has changed the face of journalism,has put online media on the map in a major way, and has made life moredifficult for newspapers forever.First, let's take a look at how this story developed and how it