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4 THE WASHINGTON SPECTATOR January 1, 1997 ing members of Congress are not the only ones disgusted by shouting “Don’t watch television!” and “Forget the with their colleagues’ behavior. In a post-election opinion media,” the Pew Research poll found that television’s dis- survey, the Pew Research Center, a widely respected non- play of hate-filled campaign ads turned off millions of view- partisan polling operation, found that, compared with ear- ers—and they turned off the networks. Compared with lier election years, larger majorities of voters in 1996 dis- 1992, voters who said they got most of their campaign news liked the candidates, the campaign debates, the campaign from network TV dropped 19 points, from 55 to 36 percent. press coverage, the poll takers—and themselves, for not And get this: citizens who rated broadcast talk shows as voting. ; useful in understanding the candidates and the issues Whether or not they acted on the advice of former dropped from 49 percent to 28 percent. A better future lies Senator Dole, who ended his chaotic campaign for President ahead! Index to Volume 22, Che Washington Spectator (entries are listed by issue number:page) Balanced budget 3:3; 4:1; 7:4 Debt 1:1-3 Kennedy, Justice Anthony 19:3. "Radical right 3:2 Bosnia 2:1-3; 12:1 Discrimination 3:4; 6:4 vonseie Representative Patrick Refugees 12:3 Buchanan, Pat 6:1; 8:3,4 Dole, Senator Robert 3:1; 4:1,4; :1- Rehnquist, Chief Justice William Budget 1:1-3; 3:3; 8:1-3 6:1; 9:2; 17:4; 18:1-3; 20:2-3 Kerrey, Senator Bob 3:3; 5:2 19:1-3 Budget deficit 1:1-3 Economic depression 1:2-3 Lobbyists 5:4; 7:4; 9:1-3; 11:4; 18:4 Religious right 4:3; 7:4; 9:4; 22:3 Campaign finance 4:4; 14:1-3; Economy 1:2-3; 6:1-3 Media 5:1-3; 11:4; 12:4; 13:1-4; Rwanda 12:3 21:1-3; 22:1-2 Elections 4:4; 6:1; 7:4; 16:1; 17:4; 14:2 Scalia, Justice Antonin 19:3 Children 5:1; 8:3; 18:2 18:1-3; 20:1-4; 21:1-3; 22:1-3 Medicare/ Medicaid 3:2,3 Serbs (see Bosnia) Christian Coalition 4:3; 7:4; 9:4; Employment 6:2-3; 11:2,3; 15:1,2 Minimum wage 15:1-3 Supreme Court 19:1-3 16:4; 18:3; 22:3 Energy conservation Milosevic, President Slobodan Telecommunications 9:4 Citizen action 14:3 Environment 13:4; 17:1-3 2:2 Television 5:1-3; 11:4; 12:4 Clinton, President Bill 3:1; 4:1-4; Ethnic cleansing 112:1-3 Muslims (see Bosnia) Thayer, Frederick C. 1:1-3 7:4; 16:1; 17:1,2,3; 18:1-3; 20:1- Federal Aviation Administration Nader, Ralph 14:1-3 Think tanks 8:1-3 3; 22:1-3 (FAA) 5:4 National Rifle Association (NRA) Thomas, Justice Clarence 19:3 Cohen, Senator William 5:3 Freedom of Information Act 9:1-3; 10:4; 11:4 Thurow, Lester 1:1 Cold War 16:4 (FOIA) 10:2-3 NATO 2:1,2 Tobacco 6:4 Congress 2:3-4; 3:1-4; 15:1-4; 21:1- Gambling 7:1-3 Nixon, Ex-President Richard 10:1 3; 22:1-3 Gingrich, Representative Newt Nuclear power 16:4 Unions 6:3; 8:3; 15:1,2,3 Constitutional amendments 2:4; 3:1,2-3; 4:1-2; 6:2-3; 8:4; 9:1,2; Obey, Representative David 8:1- United Nations (UN) 2:1,2 9:3; 10:4; 19:1 13:4; 17:1; 20:1,3 2,34 Unemployment 1:3 Contract with America 6:1-2; 8:4 Global warming 3:4 O’Connor, Justice Sandra Day Violence 2:1-3; 9:1-3; 10:4; 11:4; Copyright 10:1-3 Gramm, Senator Phil 3:1; 4:4 19:3 12:1-3 Corporations 5:1-2; 6:2-3; 9:4; Gun control 9:1-3; 10:4; 11:4 O'Leary, Secretary of Energy in Bosnia 2:1-3 14:1-3 Hague, The 12:1-3 Hazel 3:4 War 2:1-3 Croats (see Bosnia) Health care 14:2,3 PACs 7:4; 21:2-3 War crimes 2:2,3; 12:1 Depression (see Economic Homophobia 3:4; 9:4; 15:4 Population 8:4 Water conservation 13:4 depression) Immigration 11:1-4 Press 12:2; 13:1-4 Welfare reform 4:2-3; 8:3-4; 16:1; 18:1,2,3; 20:4 January 1, 1997 23:1 ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS: Voters Are Not the Only Ones Leery of Congress— 47 Sitting Members Have Bailed Out Lame Ducks Abound Senior Senators The Revolving Door 1996 INDEX The Washington Spectator is printed on recycled paper To chai e your address, or if there is an error, just send a corrected label to us at London Terrace Station, P.O. Box 20065, New York, NY 10011. LLOOL AN “440, MAN AN “104 MON $9002 X°g “Od ye preg a8eysog UORIS sdeLIal UOpUO} SSETD-S[ROTPOlled 4ojojads uojSurysypyy 2Y,]