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9780275990985

All the Presidents' Spokesmen : Spinning the News--White House Press Secretaries from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush

by Klein, Woody
  • ISBN13:

    9780275990985

  • ISBN10:

    0275990982

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-03-30
  • Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING

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Summary

This is the first volume to chronicle the story of the evolution of the symbiotic relationship between the presidential press secretaries and reporters who covered White House news during the terms of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush. Author Woody Klein has been both a reporter (for the Washington Post and the New York World-Telegram & Sun) and a press secretary himself to New York City Mayor John V. Lindsay, who ran for president in 1972. The book reveals how the presidential press secretaries' role has evolved from old-fashioned public relations into a smooth-working system of releasing news and responding to reporters' questions at daily briefings by portraying the president in the best possible light. Klein ferrets out fresh, anecdotal information and includes interviews with nationally known personalities--including former White House press secretaries and notable journalists who have covered the White House. He brings to life the personalities and views of every presidential spokesman on how the job has grown in stature as the press secretaries or "spinmeisters" have become high-profile officials.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Press Secretaries Are Historical Figures
Foreword: The First Woman Press Secretary
Preface: The Life of a Press Secretary
The White House Press Secretary: "After the Presidency Itself, The Toughest Job in the White House"p. 1
Hot Warp. 35
Cold Warp. 87
Presidential Scandalsp. 121
Domestic Crisesp. 159
Domestic Controversiesp. 195
Global Issuesp. 221
Selected Bibliographyp. 235
Indexp. 241
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