Title: Presidential Feuds With the Media Are Nothing New - HISTORY
Headings: Presidential Feuds With the Media Are Nothing New
Presidential Feuds With the Media Are Nothing New
Journalists have angered presidents from the earliest days of America’s founding.
1. Thomas Jefferson
2. Theodore Roosevelt
3. Woodrow Wilson
4. Harry S. Truman
5. Richard Nixon
6. Bill Clinton
7. Donald Trump
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Content: 6. Bill Clinton
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President Bill Clinton’s grand jury testimony on the Monica Lewinsky affair being televised across the nation. ( Credit: Porter Gifford/Getty Images)
Throughout Clinton’s campaign and subsequent presidency, the media doggedly reported stories about his former business dealings and alleged sexual transgressions. But when news broke that not only was the President having a relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, but that he was being investigated by the independent counsel for it, a media storm ensued. Clinton strenuously denied the accusations for months before finally confessing in August of 1998. Following that, perjury charges were filed and a special prosecutor appointed, in a series of events that came to define the Clinton presidency. Clinton’s conduct came under renewed scrutiny due to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, when her opponent Donald Trump brought it up to push back on similar allegations about his own treatment of women. However, when asked to compare his treatment by the press during his campaign and in 2016, Bill Clinton stated he thought the press was ”fairer” in 1992. 7.