7 Presidents Who Were Tougher Than Trump on the Media

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7 Presidents Who Were Tougher Than Trump on the Media

Fred Lucas  December 27, 2018 
 

The president was frustrated with the media coverage of him and his policies, swearing that 85 percent of all newspapers were against him.

“Our newspapers cannot be edited in the interests of the general public,” the president griped. Then, almost derisively, he said: “Freedom of the press. How many bogies are conjured up by invoking that greatly overworked phrase?”

So, he opted to bypass the traditional media he was convinced was unfair and speak directly to America.

And President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s fireside chats on the radio, beginning in 1933, proved to be a successful political move.

https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/12/27/7-presidents-who-were-tougher-than-trump-on-the-media/

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

I wasn't even alive then, and I'm Still against FDR.