Richard Nixon, Watergate, and the Press ─ A Historical Retrospective

The legacy of Watergate, for Liebovich (journalism, U. of Illinois at Champaign- Urbana), was deteriorating press-presidential relations and the loss of public confidence in Washington newsgathering. Indeed, he suggests that the communication structure set up by the Nixon White House "almost guaranteed a tragedy." He examines these communication structures and the presidential-press relationship during the Nixon years and tries to put them in wider historical context. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

LOUIS W. LIEBOVICH is Professor of Journalism at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Professor Liebovich has also written The Press and the Modern Presidency: Myths and Mindsets from Kennedy to Election 2000, The Press and the Origins of the Cold War, 1944-1947, and Bylines of Despair: Herbert Hoover, the Great Depression, and the U.S. News Media, published by Praeger.