false 843900 1 Originating in an article in <i>Harper's</i>, this is the anti-Whitewater book. There is no Clinton scandal in that unfortunate little real estate deal, according to Gene Lyons, a columnist with the <i>Arkansas Democrat-Gazette</i>. The scandal Lyons sees is in the media hype that elevated the Whitewater story to a level that threatens the Clinton Presidency. Indeed, in a defense that turns into a controversial direct attack on the integrity of the reporters for <i>The New York Times</i> and <i>The Washington Post</i>, Lyons alleges that the whole affair "rests on facts that are somewhere between highly dubious and demonstrably false." In scathing polemical detail, Lyons questions the competence and judgment of the journalists involved, concluding that the Clintons are victims of a deliberate smear campaign. 829426 7 1996 Fools for Scandal: How the Media Invented Whitewater total:3|4:3| 3 12 5 0 0 0 false false Fri Oct 16 18:28:24 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 18:28:32 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Aug 06 20:54:38 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 20:54:38 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Mar 28 09:35:49 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 13:49:29 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Mar 01 16:30:07 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 16:30:07 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Dec 26 10:40:05 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 26 10:40:05 -0800 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=843900