Uncovering Clinton: A Reporter's Story - Hardcover

Isikoff, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0609603930 ISBN 13: 9780609603932

Publisher: Random House USA Inc, 1999

Synopsis

Michael Isikoff, who is credited with breaking the Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey, and Monica Lewinsky stories, is universally acknowledged as the leading reporter who brought to light the incredible revelations about Clinton's personal and political misconduct that have shocked the world.
As a reporter for the Washington Post and Newsweek, Isikoff established himself as an astute observer and chronicler of the Clinton presidency. Isikoff had no agenda when he started investigating President Clinton's conduct other than to get at the truth. But as he battled skeptical editors and a formidable White House spin machine, Isikoff unwittingly became a primary character in the unfolding drama.
Beyond the remarkable case of journalistic detective work, Isikoff provides something even more significant: a work that illuminates the psychologically troubling behavior of a president, an Administration that has enabled his actions, a motley crew of Clinton-haters who would stop at nothing to topple the president, and a rapidly changing media grappling with the ever-shifting boundaries between public and private behaviors. Uncovering Clinton will surely be the definitive account of our nation's biggest political scandal since Watergate.

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About the Authors

Michael Isikoff is a news analyst for MSNBC and a frequent guest on numerous news programs including NBC's Meet the Press and PBS's Charlie Rose.

<b>Michael Isikoff</b> joined the <i>Washington Post</i> in 1981, where he covered the Justice Department, the Iran-Contra Affair, and Latin American drug operations. In 1994, he moved to <i>Newsweek,</i> where he covered the Oklahoma City bombing, the 1996 election campaign, and other national issues. His exclusive reporting on the Lewinsky scandal gained him nationwide attention, including profiles in the <i>New York Times</i> and the <i>Washington Post.</i> He is a news analyst for MSNBC and a frequent guest on numerous news programs including NBC's Meet the Press and PBS's Charlie Rose. Isikoff lives with this wife and daughter in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

From the Inside Flap

ized something that should have been apparent to me much earlier: I was in the middle of a plot to get the president."<br><br>A quarter of a century after Woodward and Bernstein's history-making expose <i>All the President's Men</i> stunned the nation by capturing the Nixon presidency in the throes of turmoil, <i>Newsweek</i> reporter Michael Isikoff gives us an equally explosive and surprisingly suspenseful behind-the-scenes account of his investigative role in the scandals that have rocked President Clinton's second term and led to the historic vote for impeachment that will define his presidency.<br> <br>Isikoff, who is credited with breaking the Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey and Monica Lewinsky stories, is universally acknowledged as the leading reporter who brought to light the incredible revelations about Clinton's personal and political lives that have consumed this country and shocked the world. As a reporter for the &l

Edition details

• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0609603930
• ISBN 13: 9780609603932
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304