ABSTRACT
Most media outlets gave a great deal of space to allegations of Bill Clinton’s sexual affairs and accounts of his draft maneuverings but shied away from a story about corporate collusion with politicians—perhaps because the story wasn’t pushed by an establishment party or politician. New Republic editor and PBS pundit Fred Barnes, who once called Anita Hill’s charges against Clarence Thomas “a monstrous lie,” decided that Arkansas state employee Paula Jones had made a “credible” accusation of sexual harassment against Bill Clinton. Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting computer search of major dailies revealed only a couple of dozen articles in 1992 mentioning Whitewater or Madison—compared with hundreds mentioning Hillary Rodham Clinton’s “cookies” remark. According to the National Council for Research on Women, at least half of all women will experience sexual harassment at some point in their lives.
