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Date: 25 February 1998
By Frank Rich
Frank Rich
Frank Rich Op-Ed column criticizes news media for covering Pres Clinton's alleged affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky as if it was entertainment story; notes that actor Robert Redford now has 'very mixed feelings' about having produced and starred in 1976 movie All the President's Men because he feels that he may have helped turn new generation on to journalism for 'wrong reasons' (M)
Date: 25 February 1998
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
CBS coverage of Olympics has ancillary benefit of boosting ratings for CBS Evening News With Dan Rather and David Letterman's Late Show (S)
Date: 25 February 1998
By Don van Natta Jr
Independent counsel Kenneth W Starr's has become increasingly irate about rumors concerning conduct of several of his top prosecutors; Starr is convinced that information, some of it false, was coming from White House and loyalists of Pres Clinton; aides say he struck back by summoning Sidney Blumenthal, assistant to President, and Terry Lenzner, investigator with longstanding ties to Democratic Party, to appear before grand jury to answer questions about what roles they may have played in disseminating negative information to news organizations about lawyers in office of independent counsel (M)
Date: 24 February 1998
By James Bennet With Janet Elder
James With
Latest New York Times/CBS News Poll finds that most Americans believe Pres Clinton had an affair with Monica S Lewinsky, a former White House intern, but regard it as understandable for him to lie about his sexual conduct; many express disappointment with Clinton's personal behavior as President, calling it worse than expected, but draw sharp distinctions between private and professional conduct in Oval Office; 84 percent agree with proposition that one can still be good President despite questionable personal behavior; most say investigation into Clinton's relationship with intern should be dropped; three-quarters say press has spent too much time on issue; charts (M)
Date: 24 February 1998
By Adam Nagourney
Adam Nagourney
Sidney Blumenthal, senior White House adviser, scores subpoena he has received to testify before grand jury about any conversations he had with journalists about office of independent prosecutor, Kenneth W Starr; is apparently the first White House official to be ordered to divulge discussions with reporters since Starr began investigating alleged sexual affair between Pres Clinton and Monica Lewinsky; says subpoena demands that he name journalists who have spoken to him about Starr, as well as records of conversations he has had about him with journalists; Starr's office withdraws subpoena it issued to Mickey Kantor, Clinton's personal lawyer, after he invokes attorney-client privilege (M)
Date: 25 February 1998
By Tamar Lewin
Tamar Lewin
Federal prosecutors and criminal law professors say that independent counsel Kenneth W Starr had legal authority to subpoena White House aide Sidney Blumenthal to testify about his media contacts before Federal grand jury investigating Pres Clinton; several legal experts say Starr's subpoena of Blumenthal seems politically unwise and morally close to being abuse of power (M)
Date: 25 February 1998
Editorial contends that independent counsel Kenneth W Starr's decision to subpoena White House aide Sidney Blumenthal undermines important legal and constitutional principles; maintains that it is attack on press freedom and unrestricted flow of information that is unwarranted by facts and beyond his mandate as prosecutor (M)
Date: 25 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Engelhard Corp will buy Mallinckrodt Inc's chemical-catalyst unit for $210 million cash (S)
Date: 24 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Harnischfeger Industries will cut jobs and investment and take charge of as much as $150 million to improve its pulp and paper machinery business, which has been weakened by Asia's economic crisis; reports its quarterly net income fell to $21.7 million from $30.9 million a year earlier (S)
Date: 25 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Lear Corp will buy automobile seat unit of General Motors Corp's Delphi Automotive Systems unit (S)