After looking at news stories, this one caught my eye because I remember watching this case closely while I was in middle school and wondering what ever happened. In this article titled, “Chandra Levy: The Story that Gripped Comes to a Close” it really reflects on the political impact this case had and the effects media had in the whole case now that a suspect has been found guilty. I remember watching many news segments about this in the summer of 2001 and remember thinking even as a seventh grader, “how big of “scum bags” are politicians?” because in this case Representative Gary Condit not only had an affair with his intern, but was suspected of killing her. While I was young and didn’t read into how much the media was finding Condit guilty before adequate information, but the story seemed to line up and it seemed like it was all but agreed upon by the jury. Condit’s reputation quickly was tarnished, as he not only was immoral as a husband but was made out to be a murderer. While I agree that this was the most controversial story until the tragedy of 9/11, I believe it is a perfect example of how the media always throws a quick “guilty” suspect to the public in order to for a scapegoat and to tie together a better story. In this case I think it came at a time where there was slow news, and while a cheating politician wouldn’t be anything new, after Clinton and many others, a politician murderer would be a huge story and plot line to cover. In this case it was a great plotline to create, and now they must cover themselves with articles such as this one. I think it’s ironic that in today’s media a suspected politician murdering can ruin one’s career, wheras Ted Kennedy ran his car off a bridge killing someone and his political career remained is revered.
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