Government and the Press

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Government and the Press

Bass for Cordial Newspaper-Government Rrlation

When President Eisenhower was elected last November, it was the first time in 24 years that the candidate favored by a majority of the voters was also the candidate favored by a majority of the nation's daily newspapers. Both President Roosevelt and President Truman won strong voter support without strong newspaper support—in fact, despite strong newspaper opposition — and they consequently were able to twit the press about its apparent loss of political influence. Whether the results of the 1952 election signified a rebirth of that influence is doubtful. But the fact that the successful presidential candidate, unlike his immediate predecessors, had received overwhelming newspaper endorsement in the campaign at least appeared to foreshadow an era of ...

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