Facts, Fallacies, and Fears of TABLOIDIZATION.

Many mainstream media managers applauded themselves in early 1999 for not running with a story that Pres. Clinton fathered the teenaged son of a black former prostitute in Arkansas, despite the story being "out there" on the Internet, in a few newspapers, and as fodder on some syndicated talk shows. What appeared to be another salacious chapter in the Clinton sex scandals self-destructed when DNA tests failed to prove the President's alleged paternity.

Mainstream managers cited their restraint in not going with this scandalous rumor as compelling proof that their journalistic standards--based on reporting of documented facts--still prevailed in the current media landscape saturated with the tabloid-style, "anything goes" approach to news coverage, ...

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