Bill Clinton haircut controversy

The Bill Clinton haircut controversy, usually known as "Hairgate", was a 1993 controversy surrounding a haircut given to US President Bill Clinton on board Air Force One.
On May 18, 1993, the Belgian-American hairstylist Cristophe Schatteman gave Clinton the $200 haircut while the plane was idling with engines running on the tarmac at Los Angeles Airport. As a result, two runways were shut down for an hour. At the time, much of the US media reported that air traffic into and out of the airport was affected. However, subsequent investigations using FAA records showed that no commercial airliners suffered delays, although an unscheduled air taxi had a delay of about two minutes.
The initial adverse publicity may have been due to the discomfort caused by the delay to the journalists on board, resulting in front page news in many media markets, including The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Boston Globe. The subsequent correction garnered much less space; The New York Times, for example, ran no correction.
The Washington Post mentioned "the most famous haircut since Samson's" in front page articles nine times over a six-week period.

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