"Spin Cycle is the first behind-the-scenes account of the White House political operation as it packages and shapes the news by manipulating, misleading, and in some cases, intimidating the press. It is also the tale of how some of the nation's top journalists buy into these eff…
This book thoroughly reveals the inside workings of President Clinton's well-oiled propaganda machine.
Spin Cycle is the first behind-the-scenes account of the White House political operation as it packages and shapes the news by manipulating, misleading, and in some cases, intimidating the press. It is also the tale of how some of the nation's top journalists buy into these effo…
In Spin Cycle, Washington Post reporter Howard Kurtz reveals the inside workings of Clinton's well-oiled propaganda machine - arguably the most successful team of White House spin doctors in history. He takes the reader into closed-door meetings where Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Mike…
This study examines a presidential transition, a period of history where very little research has been done. In the area of television and the transitional period, no research could be found. The most similar study to be found was one undertaken by Karen Sue Johnson (1984). She …
This dissertation examines the religious rhetoric used by American presidents in the post World War II era and focus group reactions to clips of religious rhetoric in speeches from presidents Reagan, George Herbert Walker Bush, Clinton, and George W. Bush. Content analysis of ev…
In light of the application of the Bush Doctrine in Iraq, this research examines U.S. presidential decisions to use or not to use preventive force as a method of counter proliferation. In order to determine the circumstances in which presidents use preventive force to counter nu…