MSNBC.com - pushing Monica/Clinton as #1 scandal of all time

[liberal N proud]

Check out this bull shit story on MSNBC.com



Top 10 Internet Scandals of All Time

1. Monica-gate and Whitewater
On January 17, 1998, Matt Drudge broke the news that White House intern Monica Lewinsky was having an affair with President Bill Clinton. The story appeared on his Web site, the Drudge Report, and quickly turned into one of the biggest scandals in our nation's history--and established the Internet as a news source to be reckoned with.
The Lewinsky scandal put the Internet on hyperalert, drawing its attention to an ongoing and arguably bigger scandal called Whitewater. Without the influence of the Net, Whitewater might have been remembered as an endless investigation into obscure Arkansas real estate deals; instead it gathered a great deal of attention. Meanwhile, the related Independent Counsel investigation eventually led to the impeachment of our 42nd president.
The Net-wide distribution of the Starr Report in September 1998 was a fitting coda to the Clintonian soap opera. Along the way we all learned more than most of us wanted to know about blue dresses, cigars, thongs, and "that woman." But what's more scandalous: Frat boy sex shenanigans in the Oval Office? Or spending $40 million of taxpayer money for 445 pages of sordid details?

http://tech.msn.com/news/article.aspx?cp-documentid=2661701>1=9132

[butterfly77]

1. And push Guliani as...

someone of good moral character...

[blm]

20. They are easing the way for Giuliani to run... get Dems to say So What about adultery.

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[Catherine Vincent]

2. Non-scandal but a scandal nonetheless.

Sex sells. The Monica thing brought in big bucks for the cable outlets.

[saltpoint]

3. Was it Nero or Caligula who used Christians as human torches for

his garden orgies?

One or the other.

I think I'd rate that a lot higher on the scandal index than Monica Lewinsky.

[NYCGirl]

11. It says INTERNET Scandals. I don't think that applies to Caligula. NT

[saltpoint]

16. Ah. So it does. I guess that rules out the Harding administration as well.

Damn!

All the best scandals are pre-Internet.

That damn Al Gore -- why didn't he invent it EARLIER?

[NYCGirl]

17. LOL! I guess it does. And Teapot Dome was sure juicy, too. NT

[mmonk]

4. Only in America

[Phredicles]

5. Well, what they're calling it is the #1 INTERNET scandal, not

the #1 scandal period. I still don't buy it, but that is a pretty big difference.

[Lex]

14. The #1 internet scandal is how many times per day that Nigerian dude

tries to get me to send him money because he's got some money for me.

[Xipe Totec]

6. Oh, really? Two words: Lisa Nowak n/t

[The Straight Story]

7. Bill is #1 - still :) bush can't win shit.

:rofl:

[Alamom]

18. I "do" love the way you think.

:rofl: :yourock:

[Bobbie Jo]

8. LOL....awww. They "ain't" seen nothin' yet.

Wait until the shit storm of the * extravaganza is exposed. :wow:

[cui bono]

9. They're talking about the internet's ability to spread a scandal,

they're not saying this was the most scandalous event.

The Web is a great way to deliver information, but it's also a great way to expose, spread, or jump-start a scandal.

<snip>

... Not everyone deserved the notoriety. Some were hapless victims of privacy breaches; others were exposed by hackers or misguided crusaders. But in almost every case, somebody ended up getting fired, sued, or mortally embarrassed.

Here then, in descending order, are our picks for the 10 all-time biggest scandals on the Internet.

[Lex]

10. How about Bush sending the USA into a *war* based on ginned up Intel?

What, that's not scandalous enough for MSNBC?

[NYCGirl]

15. That's not a scandal. That's a crime. NT

[Old and In the Way]

12. As voted by FreeRepublic.....

really, in what universe was this made-for-media hatchet job #1? Is this Matthew's personal list? MSNBC ought to get KO's "WPOTW" award tonight.

[Broadslidin]

13. msn, What A Pathetic Waste Of Time.

[Crunchy Frog]

19. It was a "scandal" that was entirely manufactured by corporate media.

They're just trying to pat themselves on the back for their own manufacture of "news". Just imagine the size of the scandal if they were to start seriously covering a president who brazenly lied our nation into the costliest war of all time. That will never be a scandal, because the corporate media doesn't want it to be.