The author was both a press secretary to New York Mayor John Lindsay and an award-winning political and investigative reporter for the Washington Post and the New York World Telegram and Sun. Klein begins the book with a lengthy introduction about the job of presidential press secretary, with quotes from fourteen former press secretaries on the topic of spin. [...] the secrecy that followed the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that kept the public from finding out the full extent of the damage for a year probably was in the public interest.
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WASHINGTON - The Bush White House is known for secrecy and strict message control, and a new book by its former press secretary details extraordinary measures it has used to manage what information gets out. Information management
Gov. Paul LePage certainly has got the media hot on his trail. The man speaks his mind, no doubt keeping his press secretaries very busy. Not everyone is going to like what they hear. He promised to work hard to turn Maine around. Who out there doesn't realize that change isn't comfortable or easy or non-controversial?
NOTE: The President spoke at 1:57 p.m. in the [James S. Brady] Press Briefing Room at the White House. Participating in the visit were former White House Press Secretaries [Margaret J. "Dee Dee]. ''[Dee Dee]'' Myers, [Marlin Fitzwater], [Joe Lockhart], Ron Nessen, and James S. Brady, and his wife, Sarah.In his remarks, the President referred to ABC News national correspondent [Sam Donaldson]. A reporter referred to actor [Mel Gibson].
YOU can learn a great deal about Mayor Villaraigosa's focus on self-aggrandizement just from looking at his office's nine-page staff directory. For example, guess what the second entry is under the heading "Frequently requested numbers?" That is correct: "Certificate requests" - as in, requests for calligraphy certificates to create a pretext for accepting "free" tickets and not reporting them. The first entry, by the way, is "Security Officer, 3rd Floor. Guess how many "press secretaries" your taxes fund for the mayor's massive publicity needs? One? Two? Not even close. Try five. And it gets worse. In addition to the five press secretaries, he has a "deputy mayor" of communications, plus an "associate director" of communications, plus two press aides. And, of course, a "media aide," b...
To do that, AJR selected departments and agencies that deal with everyday issues such as food safety, taxes, airline policy, the economy, veterans' benefits and workplace rules. [...] we contacted press secretaries in numerous departments and agencies to find out which news outlets they thought were covering them regularly.
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