Fools for Scandal: How the Media Invented Whitewater »

Lyons, a columnist for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, shows how The New York Times led, and the rest of the nation followed, in its coverage of Whitewater. This book examines the motives and the facts that have kept Whitewater in congressional hearings for a record two years and on the front pages of national newspapers since 1992.

Cleveland Plain-Dealer

Lyons doesn't claim that the Clintons never did anything wrong, but he convincingly shows that many [Whitewater] charges against them are exaggerated, politically motivated or flat-out wrong.