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The Bully Pulpit

Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
Feb 08, 2015cuwabig1 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent book for those who want to familiarize themselves with the turn of the century political scene and Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft, as well as investigative journalism. It made me nostalgic for a time when major print news outlets felt compelled to really research the current day's problems and write about them in such a way that the public read about them, talked about them, and took their thoughts into the voting booth. It's not that there is no journalism like that now, but it is more difficult to find. Of course, the country was different in many ways at that time which contributed to this dynamic. It relates the effect of communicating with the press and trying to 'bring people along with you', versus being unaware of how something may be viewed outside the halls of government.