The Presidents vs. the Press: The Endless Battle Between the White House and the Media--From the Founding Fathers to Fake News

by Harold Holzer

Book Overview

An award-winning presidential historian offers an authoritative account of American presidents' attacks on our freedom of the press.

"The FAKE NEWS media," Donald Trump has tweeted, "is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People " Has our free press ever faced as great a threat? Perhaps not--but the tension between presidents and journalists is as old as the republic itself.

Every president has been convinced of his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 152474526X
• ISBN13: 9781524745264
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.4" x 9.1"