Print Issue
June 29, 1998
Cover Story
Clinton's Lap Dog
on Steven Brill, pseudo-press critic and White House mouthpiece
By David Tell
Also in This Issue
- CNN+TIME=SMEAR — Eric Felten
- Wishful Thinking on China — Arthur Waldron
- Nixon and His Monica — Noemie Emery
The June 29, 1998 issue of The Weekly Standard featured a scathing critique of media figure Steven Brill as a Clinton administration mouthpiece, with David Tell questioning his credibility as a press critic. The magazine also covered the troubling alliance between CNN and TIME in spreading misleading narratives, examined dangerous naïveté regarding China policy, and reflected on Richard Nixon's final reflections on the Monica Lewinsky scandal through conversations with a young aide. Additional coverage included Richard Holbrooke's Bosnian peace efforts, tributes to The New Yorker's departed editor William Shawn, and analysis of the White House's campaign against independent counsel Kenneth Starr.