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Gov. Cuomo’s Sex Scandal and the Media’s Corruption

Gov. Cuomo’s Sex Scandal and the Media’s Corruption
People participate in a protest against N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo in New York City on Aug. 4, 2021. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images
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The media feeding frenzy over sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York has transported me 23 years back in time to 1998 and the unprecedented—if very brief and highly precarious alliance between the media and Republicans in Congress—to blacken the reputation of President Bill Clinton over his affair with Monica Lewinsky.

James Bowman
James Bowman
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James Bowman is a resident scholar at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. The author of “Honor: A History,” he is a movie critic for The American Spectator and the media critic for The New Criterion.
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