Title

Call the briefing! : Bush and Reagan, Sam and Helen : a decade with presidents and the press

Description

The White House spokesman for both President Reagan and President Bush presents his memoirs along with an account of the power of the press and its influence on the presidency in setting the national agenda.

Identifier

552687

812922964

Creator

Fitzwater, Marlin

Format

1st ed.

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

1995

Program air date: November 5, 1995

Publisher

Times Books

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Text

Transcription of Annotations
Notes on front endpaper: "'Gotcha press' performs its 'create a scandal' routine." Underlinings/Notes: Underlinings: Details about Fitzwater's early life, Sununu's threat to get Maureen Dowd, Fitzwater's thoughts on and relationship to the press, relationship of Reagan and Bush to press, Howard Baker. Notes: "2 million front row," "Stahl, money corrupts," "Chris Wallace, Andrea Mitchell," no video for briefings," "850 briefings," "1987," "Reagan not cynical," "computers," "follow-up questions," "Colin Powell," "Mrs. Reagan, Paul Laxalt, Stu Spencer, Lou Cannon," "deep regret," "access to Bush," "Sununu...bellicose, belligerent," "77 trips on military aircraft," "never trusted Sununu," "Sam Skinner," "Mosbacher," "Teeter," "Time Man of the year," "the flu in Japan was the beginning of the end," "President should have fired us all," "the funnel," "chiefs of staff," "no campaign plan," "New York Times Andy Rosenthal," "AP," "Punch," "lazy bastards," "Newt note," "Ann Devroy, Henson Moore," "people talk to each other thru the press," "Anne Murray," "Kemp & Baker," "Rabin," "Tillotson," "the chief of staff," "Larry King," "Clinton campaign dishonest."

Subject

"Reagan, Ronald--Relations with journalists."

"Bush, George, 1924---Relations with journalists."

"Donaldson, Sam, 1934-"

"Thomas, Helen, 1920-"

"Fitzwater, Marlin."

"Presidents--United States--Staff--Biography."

"Press and politics--United States."

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

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