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UNINA9910974873503321 |
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Hayden Joseph <1964-> |
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Covering Clinton : the president and the press in the 1990s / / Joseph Hayden |
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Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2002 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (155 p.) |
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Collana |
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Praeger series in presidential studies , 1062-0931 |
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Presidents - Press coverage - United States |
Journalism - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century |
Press and politics - United States - History - 20th century |
Mass media - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century |
United States Politics and government 1993-2001 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Empathy Candidate and the Living Room Campaign -- 2 First-Term Follies -- 3 President Clinton and the First Amendment -- 4 Campaign '96 -- 5 The Road to Impeachment -- 6 Surrealism -- 7 Legacy: "The Final Election" -- For Further Reading -- Index. |
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The end of the 1990s saw increasing criticism of the media's treatment of the scandals in Washington. Critics complained that journalists either had not covered the political crisis well, that they had bungled it, or that they had simply blown it out of proportion. Some went so far as to call the situation Pressgate. As Hayden points out, however, the larger question remained: What was Clinton's overall relationship with the media? Hayden examines presidential-press relationships in the 1990s, focusing first on the 1992 campaign, then on issues and events over Clinton's two terms. He analyzes the press response to the programs of the Clinton era as well as the scandals, the roles of consultants like James Carville, the effectiveness of various press secretaries, and the use of pollsters like Dick Morris. He also examines the fate of the First Amendment in the 1990s and how Clinton responded to freedom of |
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