Scandalous Reporting

The Clinton Impeachment happened only six years ago, but the story that erupted in the White House has been called the most publicized scandal in American history. Although most Americans know the role of Monica Lewinsky in the scandal, there were other key characters, behind the scenes, who played a role in the story. The American media had a large impact on the Clinton Impeachment.
On November 29, 1993, Kathleen Willey asked President Clinton for a job and he supposedly touched Willey in a sexual way. Linda Tripp saw Willey leaving the President's office. "I can tell you that she was very excited, very flustered. She smiled from ear to ear the entire time ... She seemed almost shocked, but happy shocked" (Kalb 34). According to Tripp, Willey did not look as if she had been offended by the President's advances. "Linda Tripp is a character for the ages ... nosy, shrewd, principled, conniving, cynical and moralistic" ("Clinton and the Intern" 30). In early July of 1997, after sitting on the story for almost four years, Linda Tripp learned that Newsweek had caught wind of the Kathleen Willey incident. …