Newt Gingrich: Trump vs. the NY Times, Washington Post
Excerpt: “These were the adversary press. Its luminaries not only questioned his exercise of power, as all great American journalists have done when examining a President. They questioned his own understanding of America; they questioned not only his actions but the quality of his mind, and his honor as a man. It was a question of who was closest in contact with the mood of the American people—the President or his adversary press? Neither would yield anything of respect to the other—and in Richard Nixon’s first term the traditional bitterness on both sides approached paranoia.” Much like President Trump a generation later Nixon was not intimidated and did not flinch from the fight. Nixon understood that his primary adversary was the press – not his Democratic opponent. [Like many of the other "old jarheads” who read and contribute to TOJ, I lived through the era White and Gingrich examine as I served a little less than 16 months in RVN. I never read White’s book, but what Gingrich quotes from it certainly matches up with what I knew of at that time. The number of times I cursed the media was nearly uncountable because of their lies and slanted coverage from about the time of Kennedy’s assassination on through today. The media were far more subtle in the early years than they are now. Perhaps they no longer think they have to bother hiding their motives and end desires. I wish I had Gingrich’s confidence in the outcome. God help us. Ron P.]
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