Description: All the Presidents' Spokesmen by Woody Klein Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description 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. Publisher Description 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.Klein reveals how the tension between government and the media—normally healthy in any democracy—has resulted in the manipulation of facts and the release of favorable official news. It started subtly in the Roosevelt administration and has been carefully honed with the transformation of the media in the information and technology revolution; he shows how it has been refined to the point where it is now recognized for what it is: slanting or packaging the news in favor of the president to make it acceptable—even desired—by the public. Perception quickly becomes reality, and once the facts of a situation have been accepted by the establishment—politicians and the press alike—it becomes virtually impossible to change peoples minds about them. The book documents scores of examples of White House spin by topic rather than chronologically—for example, how different press secretaries managed the news in wartime, in foreign policy, in scandals, and in a host of domestic issues such as education and national disasters. Twenty-three press secretaries are included. The most notable among them are Steve Early (Roosevelt), James Hagerty (Eisenhower), Pierre Salinger (Kennedy), Bill Moyers (Johnson), Ron Ziegler (Nixon), Marlin Fitzwater (Reagan and G. H. W. Bush), Dee Dee Myers (Clinton), Mike McCurry (Clinton), Joe Lockhart (Clinton), Ari Fleischer (Bush), Scott McClellan (Bush), and Tony Snow (Bush). Author Biography WOODY KLEIN is a former Press Secretary to a New York City Mayor, a former award-winning investigative and political reporter for daily newspapers in Washington, D.C., and New York, and an award-winning historian. He is the author of Westport, Connecticut: The Story of a New England Towns Rise to Prominence, winner of the Connecticut League of History Organizations Book AwardToward Humanity and Justice: The Writings of Dr. Kenneth B. Clark, Scholar of the Brown v. Board of Education Decision in 1954 (2004), winner of Best Book of the Year award from the Connecticut Press Club in 2006d Liberties Lost: The Endangered Legacy of the ACLU (2006). He also authored Let in the Sun (1962) and Lindsays Promise (1970). Details ISBN 0275990982 ISBN-13 9780275990985 Title All the Presidents' Spokesmen Author Woody Klein Format Hardcover Year 2008 Pages 296 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc GE_Item_ID:137043538; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. 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ISBN-13: 9780275990985
Book Title: All the Presidents' Spokesmen
Number of Pages: 296 Pages
Publication Name: All the Presidents' Spokesmen : Spinning the News--White House Press Secretaries from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2008
Subject: Political Process / Media & Internet, United States / 20th Century, Public Relations, Journalism, General, American Government / General, United States / General
Item Weight: 21 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Woody Klein
Subject Area: Political Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, Business & Economics, History
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
