The media November 1994
The game as played in Burnsville
On Ken Burns’s PBS documentary Baseball.
Department: “The media”
The media October 1994
Nothing if not “cynical”
On what President Clinton calls the “fault-finding mentality” of the American press.
The media September 1994
Finding “significance,” telling “The Story”
On the O. J. Simpson murder case & the Whitewater hearings.
The media June 1994
Nixon & Middlemarch: new versions for the 90s
On Nixon’s career.
The media May 1994
Hand-wringing over Whitewater
On the press’s self-criticism over its coverage of the White House scandal.
The media April 1994
Swagger & attitude
On the importance of being “bad”.
The media March 1994
Winter games
On media coverage of the Tonya Harding case & other matters.
The media February 1994
Fornigate follies
On David Brock’s report on Bill Clinton’s sex life in The American Spectator & media reaction to it.
The media January 1994
Feeling sentimental
On the New York Times columnist Anna Quindlen & other matters.
The media November 1993
Care TV
On “compassion” and “caring” on television.