I think that when Drudge broke this story, it was among the first big news stories reported by the internet news, as opposed to the major networks or newspapers.
Later on, we learned that the Washington Post and Newsweek had the Lewinsky story for months, but were sitting on it. They refused to report it, presumeably because they are liberal, and didn’t want to hurt a Democrat president.
Monica needs to understand that her own behavior with a prominent man such as the president, is what ruined her life. Yes the media picked up the story and ran with it. And she was part of that fallout. But if she had not gotten involved with Clinton in the first place, her life would not have been impacted the way it was.
My memory is that her mom encouraged her to do exactly what she did.