Case Studies in Media Distortion: Episode 1, "Cocaine Found in an Area Accessible to Tourists"
You need an invitation to tour the West Wing; regular White House tours show people the White House lawn and the East Wing. The cocaine in the West Wing was not "in an area accessible to tourists" unless you use the term tourist to literally refer to anyone taking a tour. In fact, a secret service agent specifically said that it was in a work area in the West Wing. Whoever brought the cocaine was either a staffer, an employee, or a guest. It was not some random person.
The media is using wordplay to give viewers a false impression of this story: In essence, they are using a very literal definition of the word tourist. "Well, anyone who takes a tour is a tourist,"is their claim. Or perhaps they will say it is "anyone who is visiting a place for pleasure." So a donor who happens to be visiting the West Wing would count as "a tourist" in their book. Either way, the mental image the word tourist conjures up is not in line with the realities regarding who is permitted into the West Wing. Some random person wearing shorts, a t-shirt, and living in a trailer park who "always wanted to see our great nation's capital" was not the person who brought in the cocaine. [Trust me, I live here. Our nation may be great, but this capitol is not worth seeing].