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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: 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: 14 February 1998
By Ethan Bronner
Ethan Bronner
Kenneth W Starr, Whitewater independent counsel, faces growing criticism over the heavy-handed tactics he and his prosecutors are using on witnesses in their investigation of Pres Clinton; critics cite the ordeal that Monica Lewinsky's mother, Marcia Lewis, evidently endured before grand jury; criticism on this front comes on top of White House charges about Starr's motives and about leaks from his office; Starr's defenders say his tactics may be distasteful but are standard practice among prosecutors; photo of anti-Starr demonstrators (M)
Date: 14 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Centocor Inc to pay $335 million to acquire rights to make cardiovascular drug Retavase in United States and Canada from Roche Holdings AG for $335 million, resulting in pretax charge of up to $145 million (S)
Date: 14 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Mitel Corp acquires Plessey Semiconductors Ltd from General Electric Co PLC for $225 million cash (S)1