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Figure out is what it is and that will be the end of you. >> as americans have a lot riding on this election, we face big challenges, big problems, big opportunities. >> among the first politicians affected by the new media coverage was arkansas governor bill clinton. shortly before declaring himself a candidate for president in 1988, clinton was pulled aside by an aide. >> betsy wright came to bill clinton right beforehand and gave him a list of women, women he purportedly had affairs with and ...

♪ >> with close allegations about gary hart, tom stood at a cross roads. should he honor the old rule that says a politicians private life is sacrosanct? no matter the consequences to hart, the democratic party, and even to himself? >> i felt in some way per persoy invested now in pursuing this further because hart told me face-to-face that there was nothing to the rumors. at that point, im thinking he looked me in the eye and lied to me, and i am not going to just let that go right now. >> st...

After toms story broke, an embattled gary hart read the riot act to the newspaper publishers association. >> last weekend, a newspaper published a misleading and false story that hurt my family and other innocent people and reflected badly on my character. >> putting forth the notion its a conspiracy. there was at no time did we spend the woman involved and i spend an evening together, a night together as was suggested. he did not make any discussion of his own contribution, he said he always he...

Out with the follow me around, youll be bored line. part of me thought he was actually setting a very clear signal that at least for the duration of the campaign, he was going to lead a traditional married life. >> thanks very much! how yall doing? >> the other part of me was startled that if he had not made that decision, this was a very dangerous thing to say. >> suggestive stories continued to appear in the national press. some noting that hart and his wife, lee, had separated twice. tom of t...

Hart says, lets go home, lets just go home. >> former senator gary hart is expected to appear momentarily at a denver hotel room where he is expected to withdraw from the presidential race. theres hart, and lee. >> under the circumstances, this campai campaign cannot go on. i refuse to submit family and friends and innocent people and myself to further rumors and goss gossip. its simply an intolerable situation. >> less than a week after the story broke, tom watched what his reporting had brough...

Riding on this election, we face big challenges, big problems, big opportunities. >> among the first politicians affected by the new media coverage was arkansas governor bill clinton. shortly before declaring himself a candidate for president in 1988, clinton was pulled aside by an aide. >> betsy wright came to bill clinton right beforehand and gave him a list of women, women he purportedly had affairs with and there were stars or checks next to some names, because these were the ones that might...

Political reporter tom feedler. >> his question to me was, is there a statute of limitations on behavior? which at the time i thought was kind of an interesting question and didnt pay too much mind to it until, of course, a couple years later when we realized that his reference was quite specific. >> in 1992, in the midst of his presidential run, clinton was blindsided by his past. >> bill clinton took his case to the people today saying the woman who claims a love affair is a liar. >> unlike ha...