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spected political observer Dr. Thomas Morris thinks so because of Robb’s position and his celebrity status.
“In the post-Watergate era,” he said, “any insights into a pattern of decision making that raises questions about judgment about (a politician’s) public and private lives are politically relevant.”
Perhaps, but somehow there is the smell of Kitty Kelly to this story. NBC News, like other networks, has been cutting back sharply on its news department, yet is apparently spending lavishly on the “Expose” program hosted by its chief newsman, Tom Brokaw.
Why? Could it be because it knows that scandal journalism sells? That once-respected newspapers are becoming more like The National Enquirer ever day. That so-called journalists with big checkbooks arrived in droves for the latest Kennedy-family scandal in Palm Beach.
The stories may well kill any Robb presidential ambitions, though they probably won’t seriously dent his popularity in Virginia. As he himself admits, he is ghilty of indiscretion and bad judgment and so are lots of others in public life. Though I don’t agree with him on all things political, put me down as still someone who likes Chuck Robb and considers him a nice guy.
(Editor’s note: John Goolrick, a former political reporter, is now an aide to Seventh District Rep. D. French Slaughter Jr. Opinions expressed are his own.)
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