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Edmund Morris examines President Theodore Roosevelt’s relationship with the press and argues that Roosevelt expertly controlled which reporters would have access to the president and what stories would make it to print. He says that Roosevelt had a “Newspaper Cabinet” of friendly reporters and that Roosevelt’s mastery of the press was matched only by that of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1980
Edmund Morris argues that “the more one analyzes Theodore Roosevelt in the harsh light of historical research, the more authentic an American hero he becomes.” Morris looks at different episodes in Roosevelt’s life, such as his service during the Spanish-American War, to make his case, and he compares Roosevelt’s life to heroic figures from mythology and literature such as Hercules, Beowulf, and King Lear.
Homer Davenport’s famous cartoon, “He’s good enough for me,” featuring Uncle Sam and Theodore Roosevelt is on the first page of the article.