THE PRESIDENTS AND THE PRESS

by James E. Pollard ‧ RELEASE DATE: N/A

The author has made a subject which might have been didactic a lively human interest document of prime importance. Through its pages, each president emerges as an individual, and the shades of difference in their relations with the press indicate a tremendous amount of careful research, a sense of fairness, the ability to select and balance, and a knowledge of American history in close relation to the men who occupied the position of chief executive. At times it reads as a thrilling story of internal struggle between the White House and the press; always it is illuminating. Despite the author's position as director of the Ohio State School of Journalism, he succeeds in being objective -- even critical of the press. He shows how not one of the presidents-from Washington to Truman- was over free from attack, abuse, vituperation, occasionally scandal. Fortunately, in virtually every instance there was someone representing a favorable press. This shows how various presidents used different techniques; how Theodore Roosevelt instituted the press conference which Franklin Roosevelt brought to its peak. A tremendous tomo- full of anecdotal material, historical highlights.

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Publisher: Macmillan

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 1947

Categories: NONFICTION