Article: Hart's problem & ours. (Gary Hart and problems of investigative journalism)

HART'S PROBLEM & OURS

THERE ARE several questions that silt upin the wake of Tailgate, as they are now calling it. The first is the question of the Miami Herald: Did it, or did it not, exceed the bounds of legitimate investigative curiosity when it set up its cameras outside Senator Hart's townhouse? Here is one view of the Herald's deportment: "When I read about the Miami Herald story on Gary Hart, I felt degraded in my profession'--the view of Anthony Lewis, of the New York Times. Now, everyone of course knows that Mr. Hart specifically challenged the press to bird-dog his activity ("They would be very bored'). But this defense of the Herald's activity is not ...

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