Theodore H. White and Journalism as Illusion. (book reviews)
Nieman Reports, December, 1995 by Brauchli, Marcus H.
In April 1962, Theodore H. White arranged to interview President John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office. White had mythologized Kennedy a year earlier in the first of his political epics, "The Making of the President." Now, he wanted to chronicle the administration.
After some thought, White had decided to profile the youthful government's Eminence grise, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, and he wanted to offer Kennedy the chance to characterize his cabinet's senior member. To White's astonishment, the President immediately displayed exasperation and anger with his secretary of state.
"When Rusk talks, he never gets it out on the table," the president complained. There's nothing to chew on."
Taken aback, White later pondered his notes, then...
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