Patty it is an interesting courtship, the relationship between the president s and the press. Early on during the campaign, the candidates want to woo the press. They know the power of the press to get their message outside. In office, when the celebration is over and the reality of governing comes in, and they realize that the role of the press is to be a watchdog, the peoples watchdog on government, to see how are they doing the job youre doing . To be a check and balance on the president. Few president s enjoy being criticized. So that relationship for people who dont understand that, it can go very badly. Susan we will talk about changing media over time, and also changing reporting styles. When did the tradition begin lebanese media should be an impartial judge . So much of our history, news reporting was when did that shift . Patty it was a 20th century ideal. In the George Washington days, the press was highly partisan. It was the publishers and the printers who made the case fo
Susan patty rhule, in your job at the newseum, you and your team have been charged with telling the story of the news media in society. We will talk about today about news media and president s. When you think about that relationship from a macro standpoint, what has characterized the relationship between the president and the press throughout our history . Patty it is an interesting courtship, the relationship between the president s and the press. Early on during the campaign, the candidates want to woo the press. They know the power of the press to get their message outside. In office, when the celebration is over and the reality of governing comes in, and they realize that the role of the press is to be a watchdog, the peoples watchdog on government, to see how are they doing the job youre doing . To be a check and balance on the president. Few president s enjoy being criticized. So that relationship for people who dont understand that, it can go very badly. Susan we will talk abou
Susan patty rhule, in your job at the newseum, you and your team have been charged with telling the story of the news media in society. We will talk today about news media and president s. When you think about that relationship from a macro standpoint, what has characterized the relationship between president s and the press throughout our history . Patty it is an interesting courtship, the relationship between the president s and the press. Early on during the campaign, the candidates want to woo the press. They know the power of the press to get their message outside. When they get in office, when the celebration is over and the reality of governing comes in, and they realize that the role of the press is to be a watchdog, to be the peoples watchdog on government, to see how are they doing the job youre doing . To be a check and balance on the president. Few president s enjoy being criticized. That is often the role of the press. So that relationship for people who dont understand th
The beginning of the conference. My name is seth i teach history at the university. And im here to proceed over this panel. Talking about the 1790s then and now thinking about the relationship between the particularly fragile moment in american political history which was the 1790s. And how we might think about what we can learn from that moment and how it connects or maybe it doesnt connect to whats happening in american political history at this moment. So the way this is going to work is ill introduce the four panelists. Each person will talk for five to seven minutes or so and develop a few lines of inquiry. Ill ask a few questions based upon what people have said. And folks will have a chance to have a conversation here. But then we want to leave the last at least 45 or 30 minutes for questions from the audience. So as we go on, please have in mind things that you want to say or things you want to ask about. All right. So i want to introduce folks from my left to my right. So firs
Historians analyze the correlation between violence and u. S. Political change, from the time of the American Revolution to present day. This talk was part of a twoday conference called remaking american political history. All right, since be a very ontime combing of the room, i will kick us off. For coming to the violence in american politics panel. I think youll find it as a very timely panel and a good time to broader context of American History. I want to start by introducing our panel. Sitting right next to me, an assistant professor of history at purdue history. He is author of captives of prisoners of war and politics of vengeance and the which willolution be released this fall. He has a list articles in the journal of military history and the new england quarterly. He is working on a project provisionally titled patrick and raise war the revolutionary west. Kellie carter jacksons book provides the first historical analysis exclusively focused on violence against Antebellum Blac