The Presidency And The Press




KERA's Think show

Summary: <p>[2013-12-05 13:00:00] Theodore Roosevelt and William Taft were close friends before their political lives drove them apart. And all the while, a muckraking press was doing its part to push the politicians towards reform. We’ll look back this hour at the tumultuous early years of the 20th Century with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. Her new book is <em>The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft and the Golden Age of Journalism</em> (Simon &amp; Schuster).</p>