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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. 5760. The Presidents vs. The Press The Endless Battle Between the White House and the Media--from the Founding Fathers to Fake News, by Harold Holzer (read 19 Oct 2021) This book covers the presidencies of Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Wilson, FDR, and all the presidents since Kennedy up to 2019 and their relations with the media. That relationship is usually contentious. The author of the book is a Lincoln scholar and one gets the idea that he was not really very familiar with other presidents and suspects that his discussion of the other presidents elations with the media relies much on less intense study. He paints a picture of all the presidents sort of looking on the press as an enemy, though only Trump actually called the media an enemy. The book is very readable and holds one's interest--but I can't say I always agreed with the author's judgments. That may be because he was as hard on Democratic presidents I liked as he was on presidents I disapproved of. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
"An award-winning presidential historian offers an authoritative account of American presidents' attacks on our freedom of the press. "The FAKE NEWS media," Donald Trump has tweeted, "is not my enemy. It is the enemy of the American people." Never has our free press faced so great a threat. Yet the tension between presidents and journalists is as old as the republic itself. From George Washington to Trump, presidents have quarreled with, attacked, denigrated, and manipulated the fourth estate. Washington groused about his treatment in the newspapers, but his successor, John Adams, actually wielded his executive power to overturn press freedoms and prosecute critical reporters. Thomas Jefferson tapped a reporter to find dirt on his rival, Alexander Hamilton, only to have the reporter expose his own affair with his slave Sally Hemings. (Jefferson denied the reports out of hand-perhaps the first presidential cry of "fake news.") Andrew Jackson rewarded loyal newspapers with government contracts; Abraham Lincoln shuttered critical papers and imprisoned their editors without trial. FDR and JFK charmed journalists in order to protect their personal secrets, while Nixon cast the press as a public enemy for daring to investigate his own. In this remarkable new account, acclaimed scholar Harold Holzer guides readers through the clashes between chief executives and journalists, showing how these battles were waged and won, while girding us for a new fight to protect our nation's greatest institution: a free and functioning press"-- No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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It was interesting to see how various Press Secretaries in the various administrations made out. Most of them did not have long tenures. I enjoyed the book as the author kept things interesting with inside stories throughout its 443 pages.
Trump has little use for the press. Very few press conferences. He uses Twitter to get his message out. Hopefully starting with Joe Biden, there will be a renewed civility between the President and the Press. But I’m not counting on it. ( )