Given What The Media Have

No Matter What Name We Give It Or How We Judge It, A Candidate's Character Is Central To Political Reporting Because It Is Central To A Citizen's Decision In Voting.

In Exchange For Power, Influence, Command And A Place In History, A President Gives Up The Bulk Of His Privacy.

Most Journalists Now Believe That A Person's Privacy Zone Gets Smaller And Smaller As The Person Becomes More And More Powerful.

And What It Depends On, Of Course, Is Whether The Story Itself Is Worth The Ethical Compromise It Requires And Whether The Competition Is Onto The Story.

The Networks Found Themselves Having To Compete For An Increasingly Balkanized Audience.