A-Infos (en) US Media Spectacle: Iraq top story say 10%, 75% say Lewinski Pew poll FWD

[Tom Boland <wgcp@earthlink.net>]

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FWD *lead paragraphs*   For full story, see:
http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WAPO/19980206/V000436-020698-idx.html

PUBLIC DISLIKES CLINTON COVERAGE

By Mike Feinsilber
Associated Press Writer
Friday, February 6, 1998; 2:27 a.m. EST

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ask people what news story comes to mind first and 1
percent mention El Nino and the weather. Ten percent say Iraq. Seventy-five
percent mention the allegations concerning President Clinton and Monica
Lewinsky, according to a new survey.

But ask what they think about the job the news media are doing in covering
Clinton's sexual imbroglio, and majorities turn thumbs down. They think the
allegations are getting too much attention. They think the news media have lost
objectivity. They say reporters are going public with stories before they have
checked them out.

Overall, a poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press found
that many people disapprove of the way the news media is handling the story --
even if they are following it closely.

The pollsters say that media disapproval is rebounding to Clinton's benefit.

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