Media Circus – Who's sorry now?
In the July Esquire, right-wing sleazemonger David Brock confesses his sins -- without admitting he did anything wrong.
Monday, Jun 16, 1997 7:00 PM UTCEntertainment Bill Clinton
In the July Esquire, right-wing sleazemonger David Brock confesses his sins -- without admitting he did anything wrong.
Monday, Jun 16, 1997 7:00 PM UTCA rash of new zine-inspired books has tattooed 20-year-olds screaming bloody sell-out.
Monday, Jun 9, 1997 7:00 PM UTCDodging Pamela Anderson Lee autobiographies and "Soul Aerobics" workouts at BookExpo, the tastes-great-less-filling successor to the late, unlamented ABA convention.
Wednesday, Jun 4, 1997 7:00 PM UTCThe strung-out look may have passed its prime, but there are plenty of unhealthy lifestyles left for the fashion world to glamorize!
Saturday, May 24, 1997 7:00 PM UTCWhere have you gone, apocalyptic ranters? We're being overrun with cheer.
Wednesday, May 21, 1997 7:00 PM UTCPundits bleat that American politics are stuck in a rut. But boredom can be good for you: Here's why.
Friday, May 9, 1997 7:00 PM UTCWhen Chicago's NBC affiliate added talk-show potentate Jerry "I Slept With My Boyfriend's Brother!" Springer to the evening news, longtime anchor Carol Marin bolted for the door. But sleazo daytime-show hosts have a lot more in common with local TV news readers than either would like to admit.
Monday, May 5, 1997 7:00 PM UTCHow quickie books can cure your unhealthy news obsessions.
Friday, Apr 18, 1997 7:00 PM UTCWhile the rest of the world has moved beyond last month's cloning madness, a number of gay writers and activists have seized on Cloning Rights as the next big crusade. They're wasting their time.
Tuesday, Apr 15, 1997 7:00 PM UTCThe new, raunchy Mad magazine is going after an older, more sophisticated audience. But will it be able to recapture some of the sarcastic bite that energized it in its prime?
Tuesday, Apr 8, 1997 7:00 PM UTCThe San Diego cultists have more in common with other religious enthusiasts than you might think.
Friday, Mar 28, 1997 8:00 PM UTCTired of O.J. and JonBenet? London's Daily Telegraph serves up crimes and misdemeanors with a Dickensian flair.
Tuesday, Mar 18, 1997 8:00 PM UTCThe public's exasperation with media coverage of the White House fund-raising scandals keeps growing. Now it's the press itself that's complaining.
Thursday, Mar 13, 1997 8:00 PM UTCEarnestly clutching his list of Improving Books, the hapless middlebrow can't get no respect. But even culture on the installment plan is better than no culture at all.
Tuesday, Mar 11, 1997 8:00 PM UTCDid Timothy McVeigh really confess to the Oklahoma City bombing? Why ask? The facts of the case are so much less interesting than the opinions we think up all by ourselves.
Wednesday, Mar 5, 1997 8:00 PM UTCDavid Futrelle reviews William Ian Miller's book "The Anatomy of Disgust".
Wednesday, Feb 26, 1997 8:00 PM UTCA courageous plan to rid our country of a dire threat to our health and well-being: surplus celebrities.
Thursday, Feb 20, 1997 8:00 PM UTCCBS's oh-so-high-minded decision not to run the full Bill Cosby interview on "60 Minutes" is blatant hypocrisy.
Monday, Feb 3, 1997 8:00 PM UTCIt's no wonder scandals don't stick. Politics today isn't about who's got the best ideas -- but who's got the best excuses.
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