October 10, 2008
School for Scandal
The truth and consequences of public figures' libidinal lapses
To some, our fascination with the sexual transgressions of the powerful doesn't need academic theory for explanation. "There's not much interest in foreign news," says Mark Feldstein, an associate professor of media and public affairs at George Washington University, but "sex scandals are timeless. They go back to Alexander Hamilton's day. And everybody loves it."
Apparently I missed that particular history lesson. I
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