CSPAN QA Harold Holzer The Presidents Vs. The Press - Part Two July 12, 2024
A president and the media. But in fact, its a long tradition in American Government and American Media history that the president and press do not share the same interests and have been out war, and a sense, ever since george washington. Susan from the time you started this project, was it always it versus the press . Mr. Holzer im glad you asked. No. Originally it was the president s and the press. In my research about president kennedy, i found that he gave a very defensive speech in 1961 for the American Publishers Association in new york city. And during the speech he said, i wanted to cal...