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...talk about show business, hiscommitment to public service, his faith, oldfashioned family values. And he seemed as upbeatas ever: "People are mad because I'm still havingfun. They expect to see me with one gold chain,one earring, so they say, `Ain't seen him on TV,hard times gotcha.' Now they see me and it's `ohboy, he's still got that gold.' So they mad, seewhat I mean...
...tales of black hats vs. white hats, with the reporter as avenging U.S. marshal. Instead of a six-gun, his or her weapons are a hidden camera (for the inevitable undercover expose) and a hand-held mike, thrust at reluctant witnesses before they slam the car door. It's "Gotcha!" journalism...
GIVE THE GUY A BREAK. THE GAME OF GOTCHA, THE rush to bash Bill Clinton for backpedaling on his campaign promises, has got out of hand -- and then some. The daily newscasts introduced with the words "Clinton changed his mind again today" are becoming reminiscent of Chevy Chase's famous Saturday Night Live bulletins -- "This just in: Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead." There are two concerns here, and they need to be separated. Clinton's problem isn't broken pledges; it is the disingenuousness he displays as he breaks them. Only the latter is indefensible; coupling them as equal...
Rudman said that media had subordinated accurate reporting on national issues to "playing a game of gotcha...
...later said, "The people want a new political climate, where the system does not attract ego-driven, power-hungry people." Perot's brief appearance before the press gave his supporters little reason for optimism. His brusque handling of a few questions -- "Just have fun, get raises and bonuses, play gotcha. I don't care," he snapped at reporters -- revealed that the distemper that drove him from the race three months ago will hamper his path to redemption...