IT’S HARD not to form opinions of public figures through the media. Movie stars, politicians, top athletes, successful entrepreneurs — those who for one reason or another are at the top of their fields and in the public eye — are constantly under the media spotlight. Newspapers, magazines, and TV paint their portraits in the relentless pursuit of human-interest stories: their personalities, lifestyles, attitudes, romances, even moral character. In addition, public relations specialists often successfully manipulate clients’ images.
Through all this, we feel we know Joe Montana or Joan Collins or Don Johnson. Yet when we chance to read an interview with these
