Nixon under pressure turned only to reporters from publications already favorable to him; Kennedy, in trouble, turned to — David Halberstam, The Powers That Be
Nixon under pressure turned only to reporters from publications already favorable to him; Kennedy, in trouble, turned to — David Halberstam, The Powers That Be
Nixon under pressure turned only to reporters from publications already favorable to him; Kennedy, in trouble, turned to — David Halberstam, The Powers That Be
Nixon under pressure turned only to reporters from publications already favorable to him; Kennedy, in trouble, turned to — David Halberstam, The Powers That Be
Nixon under pressure turned only to reporters from publications already favorable to him; Kennedy, in trouble, turned to — David Halberstam, The Powers That Be
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Nixon under pressure turned only to reporters from publications already favorable to him; Kennedy, in trouble, turned to those most critical and dubious of him, and if anything tended to take those already for him a bit for granted.

— David Halberstam, The Powers That Be
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