All the presidents' spokesmen : spinning the news, White House press secretaries from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush / Woody Klein ; forewords by Marlin Fitzwater and Dee Dee Myers
'A date which will live in infamy' : 1941 (FDR) -- 'The death of a president' : 1945 (FDR) -- The end of World War II : 1945 (Harry S. Truman) -- The Korean War : 1950-1953 (Truman) -- The Vietnam War : 1964-1975 (Lyndon Johnson/Richard Nixon) -- "Mission accomplished" : 2003-2007 (George W. Bush) -- The hunt for WMDs : 2003-2005 (George W. Bush) -- The birth of the U.N. : 1945 (Harry S. Truman) -- Recognition of the State of Israel : 1948 (Harry S. Truman) -- The Bay of Pigs : 1961 (John F. Kennedy) -- The Cuban missile crisis : 1962 (John F. Kennedy) -- The Iran hostage crisis : 1979-1980 (Jimmy Carter/Ronald Reagan) -- 'Star Wars' : 1981 (Ronald Reagan) -- The Watergate affair : 1972-1974 (Richard M. Nixon) -- Pardoning Nixon : 1974 (Gerald R. Ford) -- The Iran-Contra Affair-1986-1989 (Ronald Reagan) -- Monicagate : 1998-1999 (Bill Clinton) -- School integration in Little Rock, Ark. : 1957 (Dwight D. Eisenhower) -- Kent State student protesters killed, 1970 (Richard M. Nixon) -- Air traffic controller's strike -1981 (Ronald Reagan) -- L.A. riots in Watts : 1992 (George H.W. Bush) -- September 11, 2001 (George W. Bush) -- Hurricane Katrina : 2005 (George W. Bush) -- The Clarence Thomas controversy : 1991 (George H.W. Bush) -- The "No Child Left Behind Act" : 2001 (George W. Bush) -- Faith-based community initiative : 2002 (George W. Bush) -- Evolution vs. "intelligent design" -- The energy "malaise" speech : 1979 (Jimmy Carter) -- "Reduce our dependence on foreign oil" : 2006 (George W. Bush) -- Action on global warming : 2007 (George W. Bush)
Summary
Explains how White House press secretaries have for decades developed the art of shaping the news in their daily press briefings to reporters in favor of the president--the highly sophisticated, complex communications strategy popularly known as "spin."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-239) and index
Notes
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