An insightful, troubling, and-for a journalist-embarassing account of the impact on American public life of the news media's propensity to personalize and attack in covering politics. The authors lay down prudent guidelines that should be must-reading in every newsroom.

Robert Novak, CNN's "Evans, Novak, Hunt & Shields"

At a time when people are becoming more skeptical of a brand of journalism that focuses on the personal lives of those in public service-sometimes at the expense of substantive debate-the authors of Peepshow have done a great service by outlining the new journalistic rules. Acknowledging that personal character is important in politics as in other fields, they make clear what's at stake in the emerging debate about where to draw the lines.

Senator Paul Wellstone

Peepshow is a fascinating study of the ever-changing boundaries separating public life from private-a remarkably useful reminder to the press of right and wrong in their profession.

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Lieutenant Governor of Maryland

The authors' proposed 'fairness doctrine' is a considerable contribution to the debate over how the media should cover candidates' sexual, medical, legal, and financial histories. There isn't a newsroom in America that couldn't benefit from the authors' wisdom.

Stephen Hess, The Brookings Institution