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Originally Posted by MS Fowler
My memory is a little different from yours.
You vaunted media showed no inclination to attack Clinton for years, until Matt Drudge forced the issue on them. At that time they had to do their job, or give up all pretense of journalism. They discussed how adept Clinton was at sidestepping questions, but refused to actually call him on it with follow-up questions at press conferences etc.
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That sounds about right. They were probably favorable to Bill Clinton at the beginning, but that was a long time ago, so it's hard to remember. Once the "scandals" started, the media jumped in with both feet. The Washington Post (our local daily) printed every rumor about Bill Clinton as if it were gospel. Hillary Clinton never got a fair shake back then. Al Gore also got bad press whether he deserved it or not. None of it had anything to do with left or right bias, it was all showbiz and conventional wisdom.
I put "scandals" in quotes because for all the gallons and gallons of ink wasted on anti-Clinton rumors, his cheating on his wife and lying about it (including to a grand jury) were the only things that ever stuck. Compared to the Bush administration, the Clinton administration was a bunch of boy scouts.