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HISTORY According to R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. the idea for "investigating" the Clintons was born on a fishing trip on the Chesapeake Bay in the fall of 1993. David Brock , who reported many of the Clinton scandals, described himself as a Republican "hitman" who "soon became a lead figure in the drive to" get Clinton. Writing for the American Spectator, he brought the stories of alleged sexual misbehavior by Bill and Hillary Clinton into the public notice in late 1993. The unproven Troopergate charges were first attempt to examine the private life of an American president.". The Pacific Research Institute and GOPAC funded further attempts to discredit the Clintons. The investigations mostly concentrated on the Whitewater Scandal , which extended to a conspiracy theory surrounding the death of Vince Foster , a Clinton aide with connections to Whitewater. Christopher Ruddy (a freelance reporter for the Scaife owned Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ) published a series of articles claiming Clinton was behind Foster's suicide. Although Clinton was never found to have broken the law by Ken Starr , Ruddy published his book "The Strange Death of Vince Foster" regardless. While his conspiracy theories about Foster have been dismissed by mainstream conservative, and even some non-mainstream conservatives like Ann Coulter , there is a significant number of people who believe his claims that Foster's death was suspicious. Nonetheless in 1999, Joseph Farah 's Western Journalism Center "placed some 50 ads reprinting Ruddy's ''Tribune-Review'' stories in the Washington Times, then repackaged the articles as a packet titled 'The Ruddy Investigation,' which sold for $12." Shortly thereafter, the Western Journalism Center "circulated a video featuring Ruddy's claims, 'Unanswered-The Death of Vincent Foster,' that was produced by ultra-conservative James Davidson , chairman of the National Taxpayers Union (NTU) and co-editor of the Strategic Investment newsletter." (NTU's research arm receives funds from Scaife.) .'' {Link without Title} In the late 1990s, Ruddy and Farah turned their focus to the internet with help from Scaife. Ruddy founded NewsMax and Farah started World Net Daily to further promote conservative causes in the media. Eventually, Scaife became an investor and the third-largest stockholder of NewsMax {Link without Title} . Both featured and still feature stories about conspiracies surrounding the Clintons, liberals, gays and Democrats. SEE ALSO REFERENCES |
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