so this is hardly -- and also, by the way, you might look if you have bert andrews in your corner and you have the new york herald tribune for cover as you move forward. this does not sound like a guy who was basically antagonistic to the news media in any way, shape or form. by 1952, obviously, things changed. the new york post does a major investigation, almost costs him the vice presidential nomination and once again, in a great moment and this is the curious thing about nixon waffling, going between being the zen master of the news media and having a total tin ear about going on. he uses the checkered speech to go above and beyond the republican party leadership and it was, by the way, an absolute master stroke, tv a very early medium. nobody knew how this meant and how this was going to work, and i know that this guy's work has become -- some people have called into question, but roger morris had an interesting anecdote about the checkered speech in that dwight eisenhower, the last u.s. president, ironically in the 19th century was in a hotel room with his aides watching nixon on

is hardly -- also, by the way, you might want to look at this cynically and say if you've got bert andrews in your corner, you've got the new york held tribune for coverage, you move forward. bottom line, this does not sound like a guy that was basically antagonistic to the news media in any way, shape or form. by 1952, obviously things change. "the new york post" does an investigation. almost cost him the vice presidential nomination. maimer in a great moment, and this is the curious thing about nixon going between being a zen master of the news media and having a total tin ear about what was going on, he uses the checker speech to go above and beyond -- go around the republican party leadership, and it was, by the way, an absolute master stroke on what he did. tv a very early medium. nobody knew what this meant, how this was going to work. and i know this guy's work has become -- some people have called it into question but roger morris has an interesting anecdote about the checker speech in that dwight eisenhower, the last u.s. president ironically born in the 19th century, whats in a h