The Presidents vs. the Press 2020000679, 2020000680, 9781524745264, 9781524745271, 4935230973

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Table of contents :
Introduction

PART ONE: “MALIGNANT INDUSTRY”

Chapter One: George Washington

Chapter Two: John Adams

Chapter Three: Thomas Jefferson

PART TWO: “A GOVERNMENT OF NEWSPAPERS”

Chapter Four: Andrew Jackson

Chapter Five: Abraham Lincoln

PART THREE: FROM THE BULLY PULPIT TO THE FIRESIDE

Chapter Six: Theodore Roosevelt

Chapter Seven: Woodrow Wilson

Chapter Eight: Franklin D. Roosevelt—I

Chapter Nine: Franklin D. Roosevelt—II

PART FOUR: “FAR GREATER PUBLIC INFORMATION”

Chapter Ten: John F. Kennedy

Chapter Eleven: Lyndon B. Johnson

Chapter Twelve: Richard Nixon

PART FIVE: “TRUTH IS THE GLUE”

Chapter Thirteen: Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter

Chapter Fourteen: Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush

Chapter Fifteen: Bill Clinton

Chapter Sixteen: George W. Bush

Chapter Seventeen: Barack Obama

Chapter Eighteen: Donald Trump

Photographs

Acknowledgments

Bibliography

Notes

Index

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