31. tammikuuta 1998 oli lauantaina tähtimerkin ♒ alla. Se oli 30 päivä vuodesta. Yhdysvaltain presidentti oli William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Jos olet syntynyt tänä päivänä, olet 28 vuotta vanha. Viimeisin syntymäpäiväsi oli lauantaina 31. tammikuuta 2026, 137 päivää sitten. Seuraava syntymäpäiväsi on sunnuntaina 31. tammikuuta 2027, 227 päivän kuluttua. Olet elänyt 10 364 päivää tai noin 248 739 tuntia tai noin 14 924 396 minuuttia tai noin 895 463 760 sekuntia.
Date: 01 February 1998
By James M. Naughton
James
Op-Ed aricle by James M Naughton, former White House correspondent for The New York Times, sharply criticizes news media's rush to judgment in first hours of reporting allegations concerning Pres Clinton and Monica Lewinsky; points out that making sound judgments is responsibility of every journalist at every level in broadcast, print or new media (S)
Date: 01 February 1998
By Janny Scott
Janny Scott
Media coverage of White House sex scandal appears to many in journalism to have blurred boundaries between mainstream and tabloid news; newspapers and news shows have been dominated by story, rife with sensational elements of tabloid news, based heavily on anonymous sources and colored in many instances by what journalists themselves say is speculation and hype; many journalists feel mainstream newspapers have lowered their standards in face of information free-for-all that has resulted from rise of Internet, talk radio and 24-hour cable news (M)
Date: 01 February 1998
By Max Frankel
Max Frankel
11 o'clock dreams and realities**Max Frankel column on scripting his ideal 11:00 PM local news broadcast in New York; lauds Bill Bauman's news program in Orlando, Fla, as heroic effort to eschew shallow and inflammatory stories in favor of quality coverage; photo (M)
Date: 01 February 1998
By Jane Fritsch
Jane Fritsch
Analysis of scandalous allegations concerning Pres Clinton and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky; engine driving story is, for the most part, Newsweek magazine, with precious few facts on offer; salacious reports are of murky provenance, or come from third-hand, anonymous or other dubious sources (S)
Date: 31 January 1998
By Carolyn Frazier
Carolyn Frazier
Carolyn Frazier Op-Ed article reports that US Embassy in Guatemala was of no help when her sister was severely wounded by gunmen while visiting country last June and that the attack did not make the news in US; suggests that if State Department and the press had made more of the attack and Guatemala's inability to protect tourists, St Mary's College might not have sent a group of students there and five of them might not have been raped (M)
Date: 31 January 1998
By Kurt Eichenwald
Kurt Eichenwald
Three executives with American subsidiary of Reuters Holdings PLC are placed on paid leave by company following disclosure of investigation into possible theft of confidential information from corporate computers of competitor Bloomberg LP; Reuters hires Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, prominent Manhattan law firm, to conduct independent investigation for Reuters (S)
Date: 01 February 1998
By Tamar Lewin
Tamar Lewin
Questions of sexual behavior now swirling around White House, and in news media, raise difficult questions for parents of young children given to asking tricky questions; psychologists offer advice (S)
Date: 01 February 1998
By Michael Janofsky
Michael Janofsky
Federal grand jury proceedings regarding Pres Clinton and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky are so secret that even some lawyers and witneses will not reveal their names, which has led to some rather frightening scenes outside Washington, DC, courthouse; photo of Clinton secretary Berry Currie pushing through swarm of journalists; grand jury proceedings explained (M)
Date: 31 January 1998
By Douglas Jehl
Douglas Jehl
Interview with Ali Farzat, Syrian political cartoonist whose work routinely savages country's overzealous security forces and tryannical Government bureaucrats; he says he has learned to poke fun and criticize without being specific--in way that has made him most admired cartoonist in Arab world from country that lacks much of reputation for political humor; map; cartoon (M)
Date: 31 January 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Emeritus Corp ends its $313 million takeover bid for ARV Assisted Living Inc, after California court denies Emeritus's attempt to overturn note conversion sale to Prometheus Assisted Living (S)