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The article presents a speech by author Mark Weinberg at the Atlanta Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association in Georgia on February 15, 2019. Topics discussed include the author talking about having joined the Ronald Reagan Presidential Campaign in 1980, and having become the Assistant Press Secretary to the President upon Reagan's win.

The author discusses issues concerning the U.S. White House press briefings given to news media organizations. It explored the way U.S. press secretary Jen Psaki responded to a question about the sale of the artwork by Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, comparison between the press briefings during the Biden administration and the tenure of former U.S. President Donald Trump, and the appointment of journalist Steven Portnoy to the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA).

Presents the speech of a former press secretary to United States Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush, delivered to the 108th Landon Lecture in Kansas, on November 21, 1996, dealing with presidents and the press. National conventions; Presidency as a personal institution; Impact of computers on journalism; Financial disclosure.

The article looks at the relationship between the office of the U.S. president Barack Obama and the press corps of journalists who cover the Obama administration. Particular attention is paid to the tradition of the daily White House press briefing, where a representative of the administration answers the press corps' questions. The author suggests the arrangement is ineffectual and should be retired. He points out how White House press secretaries under Obama including Robert Gibbs and Jay Carney have actively avoided providing answers to journalists' questions.

Focuses on relationship between the press and White House press secretary Joe Lockhart. Positive and negative points about his personality; Comparison with his predecessor, Mike McCurry; Discussion on Joe's pugnacious style in dealing with the press; Discussion on his handling of questions related with impeachment of Bill Clinton; Claim of McCurry to serve the press and President equally; Blunders committed by Joe while dealing with the press; Lockhart's appearance on camera and his clumsiness.

The article discusses the relationship between journalists in the White House press corps and the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. Emphasis is given to briefings conducted by press secretary Sean Spicer, the growing presence of correspondents from tabloid conservative websites such as Breitbart News Network, and press credentials for conservative social media personality Lucian Wintrich.

The ribbon on the 104th U.S. Congress had barely been cut and newly appointed Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich was already sounding a clarion call for a "wired" Congress. Gingrich unveiled the Thomas online system to great fanfare. He vowed all congressional products would be online, available for downloading. This, he claimed, would allow "ordinary Americans" to "bypass" the "media elite" of the Washington press corps, enabling U.S. citizens to join in a great exercise in democracy. Thomas was, Gingrich admitted, a "work in progress."The promise of Thomas has turned out to be more platitudes than product. That promise remains unfulfilled today and in some ways, Thomas is even less efficient than the day it was rolled out. Adding insult to injury, the well-hyped, supposedly info-savvy U.S. President Bill Clinton's administration, as it turns out, is sweetheart when it comes to cyberspace. The Bill Clinton Justice team raised the same arguments as George Bush's squad that e-mail can't be considered a record as can a piece of paper and if it were, it would be a presidential record and therefore not obtainable under the Freedom of Information Act anyway.

The article discusses how U.S. President Jimmy Carter conducts his presidency and the way his assistants work under pressure. Last October press secretary Jody Powell declared that there were flaws in Carter operation and asked the President to correct them. Attempts at correction included reorganization of the small senior staff and mobilization of public. Subordinate officials are required to attend meetings at the White House for the proper functioning of various departments.

Presents information on the political development of the U.S. as of April 1975. Tribute of U.S. President Gerald R. Ford to the Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in his address to the National Association of Broadcasters; Statement of the President on the foreign policy of the country; Discontentment of the press secretary Ron Nessen with the communication system between the National Security Council and press staffs.

The article discusses the relationship between White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki and the press. Topics include how former President Donald Trump's press secretaries like Stephanie Grisham, Sean Spicer and Sarah Sanders performed on their job, the praise given by personalities like "New Yorker" writer Jelani Cobb on Psaki, and the performance of Psaki on her jobs during the presidency of Barack Obama.

The article profiles White House press secretary Tony Snow. It describes how he stands out for his ability to ad lib, his unscripted articulation of presidential policy, willingness to apologize and retract, and television presence. Also discussed are his campaign appearances on behalf of Republicans and talent for making remarks that themselves make news.

Presents news related to political science. Discussion about Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in relation to U.S. President George W. Bush's upcoming re-election campaign; Controversy over the request by a few aid workers in Iraq to carry pistols; Possibility of replacing the retiring White House press secretary Ari Fleisher with deputy Scott McClellan.

Offers a biography of social activist James S. Brady, who, as White House press secretary, became a symbol of courage for millions of Americans after he was shot in the head during John Hinckley's unsuccessful attempt to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in March 1981. Childhood; Schooling; Start in politics; How his life was changed with the shooting; Fight for handgun control.

The article discusses the perceptions of the Washington press corps and other reporters on the four-year presidential term of U.S. President Jimmy Carter. It notes that Washington Post reporter Haynes Johnson has said that Carter has captured the press after the President's first press conference. Accordingly, Boston Globe Washington Bureau Chief Martin Nolan reveals that Carter has walked into the lair of the press lions that rated him zero. However, the veteran reporters have applauded Carter for his relaxed, informal style, his command of the issues, and his open answers to sensitive questions.

The article reports on the decision of U.S. President Richard M. Nixon to fight his innocence at the Watergate scandal and the threat of impeachment in 1974. Presidential Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler stated that the President might be planning to resist the House Judiciary Committee in its impeachment query by not voluntarily turning over the documents in the White House. The combative mood of the President was most apparent in two meetings with the Congress, where he carried a 40-minute monologue on the economy and foreign policy fro 19 Republican legislators. The President blamed the press' daily pounding for his problems.

Focuses on the role of Michael McCurry as the White House press secretary. The attempt of McCurry to separate himself from a misleading statement he made based on information provided to him by the White House counsel's office on the Monica Lewinsky scandal; The two problems that are compounding the beating that McCurry is taking since the Lewinsky story broke; How McCurry's strategies have often put him at odds with longtime loyalists of President Bill Clinton.

The article examines that on May 26, 2021 Karine Jean-Pierre became the first gay woman to ever lead a White House press briefing and the communications expert is only the second Black woman to perform this. Topics include examines that Karine Jean-Pierre continued by describing the U.S. President Joe Biden administration as the "most diverse" in history.

An obituary is presented for James ‘Jim’ Brady, the presidential press secretary under former U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

Profiles special assistant to U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson and White House press secretary Bill Moyers. Family and educational background; Anecdotes illustrating the power and influence wielded by Moyers; Views of several White House staff on Moyers.

The article reports that several newspaper correspondents in Washington have raced to become the first to publish the announcement made by U.S. Presidential Press Secretary Joseph Short about the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur. The United Press was the first to publish the news at 1:04 am followed by the International News Service and the Associated Press. The news correspondents are working round the clock to handle the job of gathering reactions and comments on certain issues.

This article reports on former White House press secretary Scott McClellan's commentary on the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush in a new book called "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception." Unlike past press secretaries for the White House, McClellan criticizes the Bush administration and claims that his reputation was destroyed.

Mentions Iraqi Minister of Information Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf and the propaganda he disseminated daily in Baghdad. View that he is a cult icon; Number of visitors at the website, WeLoveTheIraqiInformationMinister.com; Comment of former United States White House press secretary, Dee Dee Myers, about his public appeal.

Profiles Joe Lockhart, the White House press secretary. Demands of the job; Background; Education including his attendance of Georgetown University; Relationship with his family; Comments.

The article focuses on the success of Bob Somerby, employee of Washington Press Corps. He made a success with the Web site, "The Daily Howler." A professional comedian by trade, living in Baltimore and only barely computer-literate, Somerby has set himself up as the Diogenes of the Washington Press Corps: the only media critic who, day in and day out, sets out to expose the "astonishing combination of dishonesty and foolishness" that characterizes the groupthink of the daily coverage of American politics. Somerby, who apparently has quite a bit of time on his hands, watches pundit TV and reads pundit analyses in his living room for no pay. Somerby's great talent as a press critic is his relentlessness.

Reports that while White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater declared that allied planes targeted Jordanian trucks on the road between Baghdad and Amman because they carried `cargoes of military significance,' he made no mention of the suspicion that the cargoes came from the Soviet Union.

Reports that President Ronald Reagan's spokesman Marlin Fitzwater has offered a compromise to ease friction between the press and the White House. Reagan will be more available for brief, regular interviews if reporters will stop shouting questions at him during `photo opportunities.'

The article offers information on the interview made by five American University graduate students on Washington press corps members to rate several star journalists on Washington (D.C.). It states that most press corps members consider James Reston of "New York Times" as overrated for he has over-access on several issues and has a daily column. It says that Joseph Kraft was regarded as the most pretentious journalist for he covers wide range of subjects including Federal Reserve, U.S. politics, to Horn of Africa with judgments undeserving for certitude. Meanwhile, it says that such consideration of columnists makes harder for editors to find the topics they will publish as well as the shortage of number of Washington columnist.

The article presents the author's insights regarding the relationship between the press and the U.S. government. The author mentions Stephen Hess of Brookings Institution, who says that the Washington press corps feel the boredom in U.S. President Jimmy Carter's administration and journalists need bigger doses of news. He says that the job of journalists is to report worthy news and spare the readers from familiar topics. He mentions that journalists can turn minor or major news into one like the Watergate scandal, the scandal that created a race of investigative reporting. He adds that editors of American newspapers are uninterested in foreign news, which reduced the demand for foreign correspondents. Moreover, he comments on the negligence to prosper newspaper chains.

The article features White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler during the administration of U.S. President Richard Nixon. It states that as one of Nixon's supporters during the presidential campaign, Zeigler provides reporters straight forward answers on controversies and news based on the administration's orders. It mentions that despite being overcautious, there have been no accusations of producing affability against Zeigler.

The article focuses on U.S. Presidential Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. It cites a question whether Ziegler still enjoyed his job, his answer was not compared in the previous years. It mentions that during the Watergate scandal investigation, he acted rude on the reporters and just shrugged issues. However, he retracted his comments since some of them are wrong. It notes that the some journalists wanted Ziegler to resign since he had no credibility, but some journalists said that his credibility really depended on U.S. President Richard Nixon. Ziegler states that he will not leave his job as long as Nixon needed him.

The article offers information on coverage of media issues other than White House political news by the correspondents of the Washington Press Corps. Topics discussed include news coverage description of the White House Correspondents' annual dinner, the funeral of Ben Bradlee, former editor of the newspaper Washington Post, and the new media interest in statehouses and city halls of Washington.

Trump Aide Says Press Secretary Used "Alternative Facts" (1) Using misleading subway ridership numbers, Spicer claimed that more people rode Metro on the day of Trump's inauguration than during Obama's second inauguration. Attribution Toluse Olorunnipa: by reporter Craig Gordon: editor responsible Justin Sink: by reporter Ros Krasny: editor Shannon Pettypiece: assist Alex Wayne: editor Margaret Talev: by reporter Joe Sobczyk: assist. [Extracted from the article]