. ♪ susan: patty rhule, in your job at the newseum, you and your team have been charged with tellinghe story of the news media in society. we will talk today about news media and presidents. when you think about that relationship from a macro standpoint, what has characterized the relationship between presidents and the press throughout our history? patty: it is an interesting courtship, the relationship between the presidents and the press. early on during the campaign, the candidates want to woo the press. they know the power of the press to get their message outside. when they get in office, when the celebration is over and the reality of governing comes in, and they realize that the role of the press is to be a watchdog, to be the people's watchdog on government, to see how are they doing the job you're doing? to be a check and balance on the president. few presidents enjoy being criticized. that is often the role of the press. so that relationship for people who don't understand that, it can go very badly. susan: we will talk about changing media over time, and also changing rep

. ♪ susan: patty rhule, in your job at the newseum, you and your team have been charged with tellingtory of the news media in society. we will talk about today about news media and presidents. when you think about that relationship from a macro standpoint. ,

susan: patty rhule, in your job at the newseum, you and your team have been charged with telling the story of the news media in society. we will talk about today about news media and presidents. when you think about that relationship from a macro standpoint, what has characterized the relationship between the president and the press throughout our history?