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Date: 15 February 1998
By Bob Herbert
Bob Herbert
Bob Herbert Op-Ed column recounts how CBS, once the graceful standard-bearer of television news industry, tried to turn its correspondents at Nagano Olympics into walking ads for Nike, by telling them to wear jackets with swoosh logo (S)
Date: 15 February 1998
By Jack Shafer
Jack Shafer
Jack Shafer article disputes view, spurred by coverage of sexual charges against Pres Clinton, that Internet has demonic power to distort news; notes Internet speeds up news cycle, serving as tip sheet and rapid-transmission medium; photo (L)
Date: 15 February 1998
By Richard L. Berke
Richard Berke
CBS News poll showing Pres Clinton's high job-approval ratings reviewed, along with somewhat dubious responses by Americans who say they are not really interested in Clinton's sex life, but 'other people' are; graphs; poll-takers suggest taking such responses with grain of salt, since people are known to give what they consider to be socially acceptable answers to questions (M)
Date: 15 February 1998
By Max Frankel
Max Frankel
Max Frankel column holds New York Times and other respected media acted properly in heavily covering Pres Clinton's relationship with Monica Lewinsky; notes Times gave guarded, light coverage to earlier charges by Gennifer Flowers and Paula Jones; cites importance of behavior, evasions and falsehoods of a President; drawing (M)
Date: 15 February 1998
By Adam Nagourney
Adam Nagourney
George Stephanopoulis, former senior adviser to Pres Clinton who is now a commentator for ABC News, and Rahm Emanuel, his replacement at the White House, find themselves debating the Monica Lewinsky scandal in national spotlight, to the obvious strain of one of the more enduring friendships in the Clinton Administration; photos (M)
Date: 16 February 1998
By Sarah Lyall
Sarah Lyall
The Guardian abandons traditional reluctance of British newspapers to print corrections, except for the most glaring of errors, by starting a prominent daily column of corrections and clarifications; drawing (M)
Date: 15 February 1998
By Clifford Krauss
Clifford Krauss
Journalistic excess, especially by William Randolph Hearst, in coverage of Spanish-American War recalled; photos of newspaper pages (S)
Date: 15 February 1998
By Leonard Garment
Leonard Garment
Op-Ed article by Leonard Garment, onetime counsel to Pres Nixon, says recent leaks of grand jury testimony about Pres Clinton and Monica Lewinsky may prove as important to Clinton Presidency as Deep Throat's leaks did to Nixon during Watergate; discusses difficulty of tracking down leaks which, in final analysis, mean less than meets the eye anyway (M)
Date: 16 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Japan's Parliament gives final approval to 30 trillion yen ($239 billion) plan to buy bank shares and protect bank depositors (S)
Date: 15 February 1998
INTERNATIONAL 3-13 Clinton Limits Goals In Contest With Iraq As the chance of military action against Iraq increases, President Clinton has adopted much more modest goals. But his Administration is still having trouble enunciating exactly what is at stake. 6 Clinton Warns Indonesia President Clinton warned President Suharto that Indonesia could be imperiling the I.M.F.'s $43 billion bailout, and an economic recovery. 12