European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 11. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 3 analysts focus on Hart hypocrisy Washington up psychiatric experts Are divided about the details surrounding Gary Hart s downfall but several agree his conduct and apparent hypocrisy May mean he was unfit to Lead. Most psychological experts interviewed noted that marital infidelity Ai is alleged in Hart s Case is so prevalent in today s society that it would be an unfair barometer taken alone of the likelihood of moral integrity in political life. We re talking about a really Small minority of people who Are monogamous said or. Maury Elvekrog president of management effectiveness inc., a Birmingham mich., firm that provides Corpora Tion with psychological assessments of candidates for management positions. To the Best of my knowledge i m unaware of any sorts of research As to what this Means about a person. I think the greatest concern people have about the Hart affair is not the particular incident but his hypocrisy about it Elvekrog said saying Han handmade earlier preach ments about his own moral integrity. I think the hypocrisy is a significant thing. That probably comes from a lifestyle and attitude that certainly affects other things in his lire. It s the phony baloney aspect of it that really is bother  or. Harry Lyvinson president of the Levinson Institute a Massachusetts group of psychologists and psychiatrists in management education and Consul tation says hiding secrets about personal actions i commonplace. But he said those who establish patterns of Cov ering personal secrets May also have a tendency to be undercover in their professional lives. Nobody s really comfortable hiding something.1 Levi Uon said. There s always the fear that in Wil come out somehow and there s always the necessary cover up thai goes with it. When a person does that in any significant Way then i think the person would be More Likely to be doing that in other  Levinson said the greater the personal cover up the More difficult in is to rust that person in other areas. Not that the person will steal anything necessarily but it makes you wonder what else May be hidden. That May have a direct effect on you or the nation he said. Or. Edwin Friedman a rabbi and Bethesda md., family therapist whose Book generation to Genera Tion includes a chapter on leadership psychology says marital Fidelity has Little to do with he integrity it s their Job to give the perspective said Fried Man who was a Community relations specialist in the Johnson administration. There s no Way that a Leader can be effective unless he s really constantly thinking about him or herself and his goals or values. He has to take positions while staying in touch wit the group it s my position that Hart lost total touch wit the group. I could t have cared less about him hav ing an affair and so Forth but. He lost awareness of himself in relation to his environment. In suggests that Hurt is an emotionally reactive Guy and that s not what you want at the  64 percent say press was unfair to Hart new York up an overwhelm ing majority 64% of those surveyed in a poll released saturday believe the news Media were unfair in their coverage of marital infidelity charges against Gary Hart who abandoned his quest for the while House last week. The poll conducted for Newsweek Magazine by the Gallup organization also stowed thai Han s withdrawal fro the 1984 presidential race has left an open Field for other democratic contend ers the Magazine reported. A 37 percent plurality of democrats and those Likely to vote democratic Are Uncertain who they would like to see nominated the poll showed. The Gallup organization said it was the first Lime in polling history the percentage of Don t knows exceeded the preference accorded i single Candi Date the report said. Jesse Jackson fed the pack of demo cratic aspirants with the support of 21 percent of those surveyed followed by Michael Dukakis with 11 percent and Paul Simon with 9 percent the Magazine said. The poll conducted by Telephone wednesday and thursday showed that 70 percent of the respondents disapprove of reporters using surveillance techniques to investigate a candidate s Pri vate life the report said. By an almost 3-to-l ratio those surveyed objected to the Media s handling of Han s alleged romantic affairs news week reported. Sixty four percent said news organizations have been unfair and 22 percent said they have performed in a responsible manner. The poll showed thai a 52 percent majority would like to return to the old journalistic standards under which the private lives of candidates and officials were off limits to the press the report said. Respondents to the poll suspect the Media s motives in aggressively pursuing the Hart Story last week with 69 percent saving the Media s passion was primarily fuelled by the Large audiences such stories attract the Magazine said. The margin of error in the poll was plus or minus 4 percentage Points the report said. Political experts defend decry Media methods coverage of former front runner debated Boston up three journalists who spoke to a Harvard University school of government saturday were divided Over the ethics of Media coverage of former democratic presidential front runner Gary Han. The three including Washington political columnist David Broder spoke in a panel discussion at Harvard s John f. Kennedy school of government a Day alter Hart abandoned his run for the 1988 presidency amid news accounts of his personal life. Broder a writer for the Washington Pott defended Media coverage of Han s weekend with a Miami actress at his Washington townhouse and earlier re ports of the former Colorado senator s reputation a a  reports of Han s alleged extramarital relationships led to his announcement in Denver Friday that he would withdraw from the presidential race. Polls released at the height of the controversy last week indicated that the Public disapproved of Media coverage of Han s personal life. Broder said journalists have a responsibility to pursue those areas of in formation relevant for citizens to make choices. Areas which politicians seem unable or unwilling to explore. We Are voyeurs. We Are those who watch not those who  but . Dionne chief political correspondent for the new York times said journalists should give More careful thought to their coverage of presidential campaigns. I Don t know any journalists who feel David Broder Good today about the events of the last week Dionne said there s a demand today for journalists to examine the Char Acter of people. I sometimes wonder what skills do i have to judge this other  Marvin Kalb who recently left a Post As chief diplomatic correspondent for the Abc network to take a Job As director of the Kennedy school s Center on press and politics said the Public s opinion of the Media has lowered Over the last veral years. I sense an accelerating loss of credibility and anger at the press As i travel around the country he said. The panel discussion was part of a week of events scheduled at the school to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its Institute of politics. Democratic hopefuls hit Iowa Campaign Trail lbs Moines Iowa a Iowa democrats who will have the first say neat year in selecting their party s presidential nominee got a close look saturday night at four candidates no longer running in the Shadow of Gary Han. Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware rep. Richard Gep Hardt of Missouri gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts and sen. Paul Simon of Illinois took turns appealing for support before an estimated 1,200 people attending the Polk county democratic party s annual Steak try. Biden used the appearance to criticize Reagan administration policies in Central America and an eco nomic policy that he said has Hurt Large segments of american society. Gephardt attacked Reagan s Trade and farm poli cies. I m Here to Tell you hat this country is in the beginning of a decline he said. Dukakis called for a War against poverty injustice and exploitation in Nicaragua instead of a  Simon Drew applause from Gephardt s and Biden supporters when he used stories of people who had lost their farms or who were Loo poor to eat to illustrate the weaknesses of current government programs. The hoopla should nol be a substitute for the Basic message. The Basic message is this where arc we going As a party where Are we going As a nation he said. Hart had been scheduled to speak a South Dakota s annual Jefferson Jackson Day Celebration in water town. Sen Albert Gore d-tenn., was brought in As a last minute replacement speaker. For All that has been said Gary Han brought something to this Campaign thai we re going to miss and Well try to make up for and that is he brought an intelligent and forceful discussion of ideas said Gore 39, the youngest of this year s presidential hopefuls. A Republican presidential candidate appearing i Iowa saturday former Secretary of state Alexander Hai or. Said a never considered Han to be a Strong presidential candidate even before the former Colora do senator got ensnared in character and morality questions. Gov. Mario Cuomo of new York who insists Hewiue no reconsider his decision to slay Oul of the democratic presidential race delivered a speech in con Cord n.h., saturday one Day after Han withdrew from the race. In his visit to the stale with the nation s first presidential primary Cuomo said that drafting him Al a deadlocked National convention would be a bad step. "1 think the candidate should come and i believe the candidate will come from the Yool of people who go through the primaries the governor said at a news conference following a commencement address a Franklin Pierce Law cell or