Years, you and your team have been charged with telling the story of the news media in society. Were going to 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, that relationship between the president s and the press. Early on during, the campaign years, the candidates want to woo the press. They want to put on the best face. They know the power of the press to get their message outside. But when they get in office and the confetti is down and 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 that they are 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 re
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 want to put on the best face and they know the power of the press to get their message outside. But when i get in office and the confetti is down in 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 that they are 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 relatio
President ial coverage. After that, we sipped on for interviews with two president ial candidates, former governor Deval Patrick and former senator michael bennet. 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 balan
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