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About lbj and power. he talks about lbj held up the merger of a newspaper in texas and forced them to -- he extracted a written pledge that they would not cover him unfavorably at all for the rest of his time in the white house. an actual written pledge. so it doesn't seem like the white house, this particular dynamic with the white house and the press is really new. >> no, it isn't. and i love it when you quote robert kayro. it makes us old guys feel good. and it's the masterpiece of press manipulation by lyndon johnson. so, no, it's not new. obama is using the latest technology. he can call ...
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