Susan Harold Holzers is our second hour about your new book the president s versus press. While i invite people to find the first hour, for those who havent seen it, whats that the jist of your new book . Mr. Holzer the thesis is we may believe we are living through the most chaotic and unpleasant confrontational era ever between a president and the media. But in fact, its a long tradition in American Government and American Media history that president s and the press do not share the same interests and have been out war, and a sense, ever since george washington. Susan from the time you started this project, was it always it versus the press . Mr. Holzer im glad you asked. No. Originally it was the president s and the press. In my research about president kennedy, i found that he gave a very defensive speech in 1961 for the American Publishers Association in new york city. And during the speech he said, i wanted to call this speech the president versus the press because you are not a
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome governor chris christie. [applause] how are you doing, robert . Thank you. Thank you, guys for being here. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Happy to be back. Thank you, everybody. Well, you knew that we would have to play springsteen, right . I guy from new jersey comes up to New Hampshire whiffed remind you about what youre going to get tonight. Youre going to get some Straight Talk from new jersey. Im glad to be back here. And i have to tell you, it was not a layup that i would be here. Far from it. If you asked me a year ago whether i would be up here to talk to all of you about the future of our country and where we would go, i probably wouldve said to you, life is pretty good in new jersey and i think ill stay down here and let you all fight it out appear like you always dol every four years and get a new crop of folks come up here and talk to you. But i have to tell you as i watched the last year evolved theres been just one question that kept
You may have noticed the protesters outside, the group complained that he publishes his direct is too quickly, we can keep up with them. He started with charles dickens, he wrote a hypnotic book about dickens and mesmerism. [laughter] thank you. You will wake up eventually when fred comes out. He wrote a biography of thomas carlyle. That was a finalist in the National Book critics circle. Mark twain, John Quincy Adams, abraham lincoln, and this great book he will be talking about theght, lincoln and abolitionists. Historians want to tell you about what happened in the world and why it is important. This is from the carlisle biography one of the most famous librarians in history , he used to go there a lot. He did not do well. The library and a librarian where generating small antagonisms toward each other. This culminated in the public criticism during parliamentary hearings. That is when libraries were really important. On the future of the museum in of9, he was one more example the a
The Kansas City Public Library hosted this event. Its an hour and 15 minutes. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. American history tv is joining our cable partners. To learn more about the cities med notice of protesters outside, the group claiming he publishes his excellent biographies too quickly, they cannot keep up with them. That,hing we can do about except to tell you about what they are and how he got here. He wrote a hip night book about dickens and mesmerism. In 1983 he wrote a biography of thomas carlyle. That was a finalist in the National Book critics circle. Mark twain, John Quincy Adams, abraham lincoln, and this great book he will be talking about tonight, lincoln and the abolitionists. Historians want to tell you about what happened in the world and why it is important. This is from the carlisle biography one of the most famous librarians in history antonio, he used to go there a lot. He did not do well. The library and a librarian where generating small antagonisms tow
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