TV nation raised on Oprah Winfrey watches bemused as Sir Thomas More takes the stand

The Scotsman | January 15, 1999| | Copyright

THE Republicans are pushing for witnesses in the trial of President Bill Clinton. Five minutes of the dreary spectacle screened yesterday was enough to prove that they need them, and badly. In short: "Get me Monica."

The trial opened live on ten separate channels in Los Angeles, reaffirming the old complaint about US television that you can have 100 or 1,000 channels and there's still nothing on the telly. It was also carried on the radio and live on several sites on the internet.

But "trial" was a misnomer. In any televised criminal case worthy of its salt in the US, one is promised drama, ...

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