Covering Clinton - The President and the Press in the 1990s

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 expression concerns. This analysis will be of interest to media specialists as well as the general public concerned with contemporary Washington politics and journalism.

List of contents

Introduction
The Empathy Candidate and the Living Room Campaign
First-Time Follies
President Clinton and the First Amendment
Campaign '96
The Road to Impeachment
Surreality
Legacy
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Joseph R. Hayden

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Hayden, Hayden Joseph R.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2001
• EAN: 9780275970345
• ISBN: 978-0-275-97034-5
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; USA, Propaganda, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, Media Studies, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, Biography: historical, political and military, Political control and freedoms, Central / national / federal government, Central government, Politics, Law, and Government: Presidential Studies