Show t M S3 S3 4L The Salt Lake Tribune Campaigners Had Best Get Set To Bare It All Continued from fh A-- l sion Keating said It is a difficult profession and you have to accept these kinds of arrows But you had better make sure that none of them will stick a ofConsultants and ficials conclude that when the allegations that President Clinton had a sexual relationship with former intern Lewinsky and tried to cover it up fade from the headlines two things will be left: H It will be much harder to constrain intensely personal questions from being posed to political candidates not only because of y the model but because of the proliferation of the Internet and tabloid TV Their ability to push salacious stories and even rumors into the cultural mainstream has exploded What we have now i3 a post-O- J media culture where everything is blended every point on the spectrum is sort of equal Rosenstiel said Because if it appears on the Net or the supermarket tabloids it will get picked up pretty quickly and recycled It makes things wild if there is a race that is wide open And one of the reasons that Clinton none of this stuff seems to affect him is that we know an enormous amount about him But if you get a new candidate whether it is John Kasich or Newt Gingrich or Dan Quayle or Trent Lott or A1 Gore or Dick Gephardt anything we learn about them is new It is going to be the Wild news-medi- Clinton-Lewinsk- Hanes' Sunday March 15 1993 West out there But IS The phere is more likely to infect they never will be again Sabato continued Not just the battle but the war is over presidential campaigns than those for Congress and local offices although even there the code is fuzzy Some strategists worry this falls congressional campaigns could become personal mud baths Clearly due to the Clinton administrations ethical and moral behavior the bar has been raised for the next time said Bill Da! Col an adviser to Steve Forbes who is gearing up for another presidential run in 2000 People are going to have to assume that the closer microscope-lik- e scrutiny will begin almost immediately Larry Sabato who studies media coverage of presidential campaigns predicted that in the 2000 The espresidential elections tablishment press will start off in a mode and make the attempt to exclude certain items from the agenda And it will inevitably break down during the primary process and then during tbe general-electio- n process said Sabato a University of Virginia political scientist And in between there will be a thousand media panels where the media will say We didnt do it and we wont do it again But in races for Congress and on state and local levels he predicted: I dont think it will he personally intrusive in all cases If it is egregious if someone is a serial adulterer and is flagrant and witnesses come forward yes the press will cover it arIf there is some long-terrangement with the wifes approval or at least the wife looking away winking then I dont think it will necessarily become public the establishment media are not in charge any more and atmos- J Why? The Internet the fact that you have all these talk shows journalism on television and you 24-ho-ur ' have these press channels having a w ay of getting their information in the public bloodstream Sabato said I am not saying it is the (onstream media sitting down one day and saying Lets junk our standards The world !hks changed Indeed as critics have pointed out it was Internet gossip columnist Matt Drudge who force&the Lewinsky story into the open although Newsweek magazine and The Washington Post were working on stories Part of the problem with'the Lewinsky story is that there is no general agreement in the media about what it is about Although it has involved some of the most intensely personal sexual descriptions including alleged oral' sex and semen-staine- d dresses many journalists say the story became obviously newsworthy when independent counsel Kenneth 'Stan-madit a subject ofMris Whitewater grand jury and allegations of presidential obstruction of justice and perjury were leveled nn And some say even the question of marital fidelity is legitimate because personal conduct foretells public conduct They reject arguments that so long as the economy flourishes Clintons private-eon-duc- t should not count parent would tell tfieir children its OK to lie as loiftg as you get good grades said GOP media strategist Keith Appel'-- : high-mind- e S-- The Look You Want at a Price You Can Afford: JK Save NATION 3 Piece Wall Units!: from $8b9" unfinished Custom in your Several choices finishing for any roost home z styles & wood available rra I B I ki Slip into your r a & l ft Wells Fargo home equity rates are too low to pass up! favorite Hanes hosiery Enjoy luxurious Silk Reflections and Silk Reflections Plus Absolutely Ultra Sheers perfect for spring classic Alive and Hanes Too Smooth Illusions for soft support Fitting Pretty for the ultimate in figure fitting and strong Resilience styles Join our Hosiery Club and your 13th pair of hosiery is on us -- ( HOME EQUITY LOAM )- - ( Fixed Rates As Low As 789 a a I m I 3b a w It HOMg EQUITYLINE )- - Variable Introductory Rate r a a a Variable Standard Rate i 6582 9582 a I a i l 1 a t I I s0 I ( APPLICATION OI m a I I Closing HIS ) I a a a Choose a (Ixed-rat- a Borrow from $10000 to thirty years H Taka 3 off Homs Equity Loan with virtually any farm to $250000 and choose your own term from five 1 the first six months! the convenience available Wells at Enjoy Fargo Call us or just stop by a branch near you Trust the experience of America's first home equity lender I I 4 8 I 3 I l a u toll-fr- Since 1852 Wells Fargo Bank has been helping people like you make l I your Interest rate with a Wells Fargo EquityLlne off our already low variable rate for Save 3 i I the most of their money 4 f i - Visit any Wells Fargo branch 2 (1 XMP' to apply Or call I 8M1-- 9 4 i T ' Yf V pm Srt'my9A' i i V pm "n I 4 I I I x to V t I tv J1- WEILLS' FARGO RANK r i I r 1 t na 1 1ft mi-- 6 ft I K fV v 9ISCL0SU?lE:J 89 Annua! 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