Barbara Walters and Desirable Disadvantages Barbara Walters sits down in a yellow armchair across from Monica Lewinsky. She tucks one foot under the other, holding a set of notecards as she folds her hands on top of her black skirt. The date is March 3, 1999, and the nation still reels from the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal that occurred two years prior, and Monica Lewinsky has quickly become the nation’s most talked-about intern. After a several year long media storm, Walters’ interview has been the first that Lewinsky has agreed to be a part of, breaking her silence. Walters starts her interview with personal, thought-provoking questions, and manages to grow in levels of intensity. Her first question: “You have been described as a bimbo, a stalker, a seductress. Describe yourself” exemplifies the interview style that has become her …show more content…
While Walters worked hard to become successful, few can go far on this alone. As Gladwell stated, “[Success] is, rather, a gift. Outliers are those who have been given opportunities- and who have had the strength and presence of mind to seize them” (Gladwell, 267). The factor that really drove her to success was that she captured every opportunity that she had, and took advantage of every situation that she found herself in. And she had the fortunate ability to be in the right place at the right time. Barbara Walters sits on a plane in Cairo, Egypt with journalists John Chancellor and Walter Cronkite, along with the Egyptian president Anwar Sadat. They fly en route to Israel to meet up with Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin for a historic visit. Using her social savvy, Walters writes a question requesting an interview on a piece of paper and slips it to one of Sadat’s aids. Sadat sends the note back, agreeing to the
Is Monica simply a hapless White House intern caught in the middle of a media created scandal started by Linda Tripp. Monica Lewinsky is a 24 year old graduate of Lewis and Clark University in Oregon. Daughter of a Democratic contributor she was easily able to get an intern position in the White Horse. Some of Lewinsky's friends have said that she only took the intern position to sleep with important people. If the recent news reports are true Monica Lewinsky got what she was looking for.
Using Feminist criticism to analyze the discourse surrounding and as well as by the speaker, Monica, I aim to reveal how women's place in society led by the Feminist's has changed due the sex scandal and where it maybe headed next. In looking at this aspect of the scandal it becomes crucial not just to analyze the discourse of Feminists and Monica but to find it in a larger scheme of a society which shapes many of the gender roles and pressures put on individuals to look and act in certain ways. There is an evident change in the role of women in American society that has occurred as a result of the scandal which is important not just to the Feminists and their supporters but to any female who enters the public arena and is faced with pressures and expectations put on them as a result of their gender.
In response to his alleged affair with Ms. Monica Lewinsky, who at the time was an intern at the White House, President Clinton took to a national broadcast to clear his name. In his testimony, Clinton begins with a formal and slightly apologetic tone, and then subtly shifts the blame from his actions to the nosiness of the American public, victimizing himself. There were four different tone shifts in this particular speech, and he uses this to his advantage in turning the spotlight away from his private life, and to national issues. In his address, President Clinton uses a wide variety of rhetorical devices to convince his audience, the American people, that his stance on the matter is the most valid, and to reestablish his credibility,
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On August 17, 1998, exactly one year after making the statement above, President Bill Clinton prepared to deliver a speech concerning a scandal that had gripped the nation for months. It is needless to say that this was an important moment during the Clinton administration. After accusations of sexual harassment, Clinton addressed the nation and admitted to having a relationship with Monica Lewinsky. In this critical speech Clinton set out to admit to wrong-doings, provide a few reasons for his action, and ultimately persuade the audience into moving on and forgetting the scandal. This essay will break down his speech into sections and examine the most and least effective strategies that Clinton employed and how well he executed those strategies. This is an interesting speech given under rare circumstances. Not since Watergate had an American president been under such harsh moral criticism from the public. By looking critically at this speech we are able to gain valuable insight into Clinton's motives.
She states to the audience that she is a wife, and a mother, to first, let the audience know that she has personal experience with her subject, and also, to reach out and connect with the readers.
On August 12, 2016, I interviewed Kaitlyn Huckabee on the ten questions she composed for a personal interview. The people who she loves to spend time with were discussed within three of the ten questions. Five questions were relevant to what she likes to do and what she plans on doing in the future. The final two questions pertained to a couple of her unusual characteristics. After conducting this interview, I found that Kaitlyn is a great person who values many aspects of her life.
Lewinski states in her heartfelt speech, “Not a day goes by that I’m not reminded of my mistake, and I regret that mistake deeply.” (Lewinski 2:36-248). To begin, Monica Lewinsky is already in enough sorrow from her terrible mistake, but instead has the entire world to comment on what she did. For some people, there are only a select few that will publicly shame the individual, but for Monica Lewinsky, the entire world gets to say whatever they want about her. Since she fell in love with a past President, more people have the opportunity to judge her; Monica even said that she is in just about forty rap songs that mention her mistake. This shaming has left such an everlasting impression that it took such a long time to even face the rest of the world head on. Furthermore, even though both individuals grow to be strong, the emotional impact still scars. For Hester Prynne, she soon develops pride in wearing her sin, but can never get rid of what has been said. The novel states, “She had wandered, without rule or guidance, in a moral wilderness; as vast, as intricate and shadowy, as the untamed forest, amid the gloom of which they were now holding a colloquy that was to decide their
On September 11, 1998, former president Bill Clinton delivered the infamously self-proclaimed speech entitled “I Have Sinned.” In an attempt to convert the public suspicion and hatred back to trust and loyalty, Clinton finally confessed to the inappropriate relations with Monica Lewinsky. By deeply expressing his sorrow through his foreboding and apologetic tone, Clinton constructs various examples of ethos, uses stiff body language and blank facial expressions, direct eye contact, and crafts the majority of his speech on short and choppy sentences. The overall purpose of this speech was for Clinton to ultimately express his remorse for the regretful acts he committed, and also to ensure the American people that he will remain trustworthy throughout
husband Bill Clinton’s sexual abuse allegations, and her taking bribes in return to sell trade
Lately, the top story in the news day after day, months after months have been about William Jefferson Clinton, also known as Bill. Who could blame them, there is nothing better than a story out of the ordinary, especially one with presidential status. For the past months he has been the most talked about figure, being the essential topic for news, talk shows, late night comedy and even going as far as the big screen. Talk about 'Primary Colors' and 'Wag the Dog.' What has gotten to me the most however, were the constant flow of Republicans, along with a few Democrats, who just want to say how shocked and embarrassed they are along with the people of the United States.The president had not just become the most talked about figure, but also one history had ever seen, so far that is, breaking the record and becoming a topic of conversation and debate 'twenty-four seven.' The people, who I think were most affected by this crisis and feel very sad for, are the Republicans, since they had lost severe amount of sleep over the president's bedroom crisis. They had to perform their republican duties by shocking our brains with the president's affair with Monica Lewinsky. We had to ignore the rest of the world news and its issues while they plough through the valley of lies, abuse of power and something they called high crimes and misdemeanors.
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Conducting an interview is not as straightforward as it may seem. On paper the idea is that an interview is “‘a meeting of two persons to exchange information and ideas through questions and responses, resulting in communication and joint construction of meaning about a particular topic’” (Esterberg 2001:83). In the social sciences, being able to interview individuals allows the research to observe individual experiences, while also speaking to the broader sociological dynamics of a society. In Qualitative Methods in Social Research, Esterberg describes interviewing as a “relationship between two individuals…two individuals come together to try to create meaning about a particular topic. While participating in this relationship, they also draw