05-18-2015, 12:38 PM
(05-18-2015, 12:03 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Who started the process of making adversarial groups to get close and friendly.
We agree on this.... But the guy who started the "getting cozy" between politicians and media was Woodrow Wilson .
No it wasn't. The only thing Wilson started was a regular briefing and a formal person so take charge of wrangling the press. He hated the press.
Aside from individuals here and there that were cozy the press has grown more adversarial to politicians over the years as a whole.
But we have Lincoln to thank for first hiring someone to deal the with press, though as I said, it took until Wilson for it to be a formal position. Cleveland is to thank for the formation of the Press Corps as that is when the press actually started caring more about what was going on. Prior to that, most newspapers didn't cover the WH or the POTUS, and those that did were on friendly terms. Coolidge was the first to really get comfortable with them, though. He was more accessible than any POTUS before him and was the first to attend the WH Correspondents Dinner.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
