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CONDUCT CODE Thf bchnier in qurtlion mitt be KfiXM end kaw ckar cmmlion la a c.M.3»t«-t x hm •imc'i ability to fund to In office. By that tot. raott behavior of ipovto and other rvo- clrar family nrmbeft thould not be the focut of attention unio» it it unlawful « ducrtly unpincei upon the fob o the office teeker. CHAR. FELONIES There should be a reator-abte nispKrtn that the »m»ri to queries «bout questionable ac- tivity is ' Yes. Carpet-bcenbinc all coodi- dates for all offices with questions about pet smoking. coBete eheating or adultery after oese transgressor hat been found is absurd. The police cant knock down every door look- ing foe criminals, and neither should repor- TIME LIMITS Privacy for public people; a contradiction Television evangelists Jim and Tammy Bakker were forced to resign from the PTL ministry' after it was discovered Jim had an affair with secretary Jessica Hahn. The turmoil following forced the Bakkers to sell their many holdings and resulted in the PTL losing their tax free status from the Internal Revenue Sen-ice. OW noncriminal indiscretions m t repeated in the present fall sheet of headline importance and should not carry much weight when astes- tiog current character. If a caadidate lies about Isis past, then it s fair gaene. Criminal indiscretions should be measured this way: Let the attention Tit the crime and have rele- vance to the office sought HYPOCRISY It is gcntrally understood that politics op- erite on mild hypocrisy: however, a candi- date waives any rights to privacy on most per- sonal matters if he ardently prepares hard- aadfast standards of behav.ee foe everyone else bat fails to practice those rules himself or to hold his friends to the same standards SOAPS 80’S - STYLE 4 4 oming soon to a television set near you - THE SE- CRET BEHIND SENATOR PAUL SIMON'S BOW TIE! “Live from Illinois, a team of reporters expose the real reason Simon wears a bow tie, and it’s not because he’s ‘The Last Hon- est Man!’” “In a scries of pictures taken by top photographers from The National Enquirer, Simon’s tight- laced image is revealed as a cover for hickics given to him by his fe- male press agent in an illicit affair The above commercial would not have come as a surprise to an avid public in 1987, the year of the press. No one, from presidential candidates and Supreme Court nominees to Federal secretaries and models was immune. TV Evangel- ists, military officers, and even the President came under fire in contro- versial investigations which delved into their sex lives, spouse’s behav- ior, daily habits, past associations, and loyalties. A major controversy took hold of the country over the issue of how private the life of a public figure should be. In response to this, jour- nalists pursued “search-and-de- stroy missions” that knocked down many public figures by exposing past indiscretions. Probably the biggest downfall of the year was that of Gary Hart, Democratic presidential hopeful. Accused of extramarital affairs, Hart publicly denied any hanky- panky and challenged the press to follow him. They did, and, acting on a tip, caught him with model Donna Rice. The furor that arose ended Hart's campaign, but be- gan endless questions and discus- sions. Hart later reentered the race only to withdraw once again in February. Why did people react so strongly to Hart’s infidelity? Was it because they didn’t want an im- moral president? Or was it be- cause Hart had publicly lied, chal- lenged the press and then gotten trapped in his own bad judge- ment? Both views were ex- pressed, and Hart withdrew from the campaign. Vet, the biggest question of all was why had the • lUroU Shekel Cofjright 1997 US. Nm W WotkJ Aqxvr. Nov I) iiwr
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in terms or civil leberty? press exposed this story, and should they have? Traditionally, the press has stayed away from ‘‘after- hours” behavior. No one re- ported John Kennedy’s af- fairs until long after his death, and no one revealed that Franklin Roosevelt’s train made stops to pick up or discharge his mistress. But that was before Watergate and other scandals focused new attention on the charac- ter of politicians. As U.S. News and World Report reported, That is the signal difference this year: Journalists practicing the neoscience of gaffeology have decided that it is no longer sufficient to ex- amine men by their public acts. Their pri- vate lives and those of their families are, in the memorable metaphor of Richard Nixon, ‘subjected not just to a microscope but to a protoscope’.” This attitude was strongly displayed when The New York Times Washington bureau chief. Craig Whitney, asked presidential candidates to waive privacy rights on intimate details and tell all. This new kind of journalism, called urine-test journalism” by Professor Ralph Whitehead of the University of Massachusetts, brought down Hart, Joe Biden, and Douglas Ginsburg (Supreme Court nominee). among others. The questions which arose this year included, Is this new kind of journalism; new exposure, good or bad? Do the Ameri- can people want or need to know all the private details of public lives? Should they know? Should the degree change by posi- tion? Where should it stop?” Unfortunately, the issue was still un- resolved at the end of the year, and the people were pre- sented with many conflicting cases. When Hart challenged the press and lost, many people were indignant; why should the press be allowed to violate privacy when mere sexual habits ABOVE: Evangelist Jimmy Swaggeit in eaily 1988 wa» asked to leave his publicly confessing a tryst with a prostitute. Swaggert later began hit own council of churches olaced him on Drobation. ministry after ministry after the md ABOVE AND INSET: Gary Hart Donna Rice were caught together, eventually ending Hart's campaign for President. BELOW: Criticism takes many forms after court nominee Ginsburg con- fesses to smokino do! decades aeo. would have no effect on the presidency? The doubts rest- ed, instead, on Hart’s foolish- ness in having an affair after challenging the press • was this bad judgement a flaw about which the public should know? On the other hand, when Biden was exposed by the press as a plagiarist, doubts about the public’s need to know were almost non-exis- tent; if a man is a cheat, it will definitely have an effect on the presidency. Then President Reag- an’s second supreme court nominee, Ginsburg was ac- cused in the media of having smoked pot in college during the sixties and early seventies, and Ginsburg admit- ted to the act. But he also stated that he hadn’t used the drug since then. Again, controversy arose on whether something done so long ago should be a deciding fac- tor, indiscrete or not. “There is no consensus on what’s rele- vant to a person’s qualifications,” said Democratic strategist Bob Shrum. In the absence of agreement, we have reached a stage where anything anyone prints any- where is deemed relevant.” The danger for reporters in acting as morality-enforcers could have been seri- ous. A pollster warned that there was a public backwash developing because vast num- bers of voters feared reporters were operating out of control, according to U.S. News World Report. The dark side of press competition is like the Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” said press observer Stephen Hess of the Brookings Insti- tution. You start with very legitimate stor- ies, but it keeps going till you get off-the-wall stor- ies and you can’t shut it off.” « STUDENT LIFE 27
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