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David Greenberg (1) (1968–)

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David Greenberg is a professor at Rutgers University. Currently a columnist for Politico, he was previously an editor at Slate and the New Republic. He has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, and The Atlantic, among others.

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Some reservations: almost a quarter of the book repackages the facts and theses of Doris Kearns Goodwin's "The Bully Pulpit" but leaves out any mention of President Taft, jumping from Roosevelt to Wilson. The subtitle is inaccurate, it is not an inside history of the presidency but a history of presidential interaction with the press and the media as new media developed over the decades, from radio to the internet. It is a fairly straightforward linear history and so a useful reference book.
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nmele | 2 andere besprekingen | Feb 8, 2017 |
The modern presidency through the lens of P.R. Given that Greenberg concludes that spin can’t do much when the real facts are undeniable, the book feels incomplete, especially coming up on the election of 2016 where we seem to be in a post-fact world.
 
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rivkat | 2 andere besprekingen | Sep 19, 2016 |
A look at how Presidents have managed the news, from Teddy Roosevelt to Barack Obama. A bit rushed at the end; after taking almost 400 pages to get to Nixon, Greenberg whizzes through the last 4 1/2 decades in less than 100 pages, leaving the impression that more modern Presidents haven't improved their capabilities in handling how their messages, agendas, and image, is presented to the nation since Nixon, which doesn't seem likely. Still, it's well researched and moderately hopeful, lending credence to Lincoln's adage that 'You can't fool all of the people all of the time'. Although spin (as it's now known) can enhance a story and alleviate a problem, eventually an unpleasant truth will come out (the Great Depression is the classic, but not only, example) and the President who tries too hard to spin the story will find his problems much worse in the long run. Worth reading.… (meer)
 
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BruceCoulson | 2 andere besprekingen | Feb 26, 2016 |
Silent Cal is usually lumped with Harding and Hoover as the low-ranked gap between activists Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt. But there's more to him than meets the eye. He was the first US President to make extensive use of the broadcast medium - in this case, radio - to reach out to the American public as a whole. Following Harding, Coolidge increased the use of the burgeoning advertising industry to manage his public image. His approach to governing - lowering taxes, cutting spending, deregulating business - foreshadowed Reagan, and was occasionally cited by Reagan as an inspiration.

Coolidge governed during one of the strongest boom times, the Roaring Twenties, and left office just a few months before the crash of '29 and the start of the Great Depression. Looking back from the other side of those bad times, it's clear that things were about to go so wrong. But as Greenberg points out, seeing Coolidge only from that perspective gives a skewed picture of the man. A fuller picture, says Greenberg, is one of a man bridging the gap between 19th century values and 20th century culture.

Recommended. This is a pretty good entry in the American Presidents series.
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