Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, May 14, 1994 TAG: 9405160145
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
DATELINE: WASHINGTON LENGTH: Medium
The tape runs nearly two hours and highlights Larry Nichols, a former state employee in Little Rock, Ark., and an avowed enemy of Clinton, accusing the president of vague complicity in the murders of "countless people."
By repeating those unsupported charges and many others, the tape seeks to propel them beyond the right-wing newsletters, tabloid newspapers and conservative radio talk shows that have traded in such allegations and rumors since the beginning of the Clinton presidency- often in efforts to fuel doubts about his character and, ultimately, undermine his public policy agenda.
Sold by mail through Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., which was founded by Falwell, the tape also features news conference statements by Gennifer Flowers and Paula Corbin Jones, who have alleged sexual improprieties on the part of Clinton. The president has denied both claims.
Falwell defended the tape sales this week in a television appearance, insisting he was making no judgment on the veracity of the charges. He said he was disseminating the allegations because "the national media should have been doing [it] and has been hypocritically quiet."
"We're simply saying these charges are being made; look at them and determine what is true," Falwell said on CNN's "Crossfire" program. "I am making no charges whatsoever."
Some of the allegations have been thoroughly investigated by the mainstream news media, while others largely have been dismissed as innuendo fed by an assortment of people ranging from Clinton opponents to conspiracy theorists.
Nichols is shown on Falwell's videotape speaking about mysterious deaths he attributes to Clinton but does not explain.
Falwell, asked by an interviewer if he was accusing Clinton of murder, responded: "No, we are not. We're saying - we're repeating the evidence that is being put forth by others."
by CNB