The Great American dream machine - Opinion Robert Kaiser - Nixon and the Press; various reporters talking about U.S. President Richard M. Nixon's lack of trust in and manipulation of the press.
Text, "Opinion Robert Kaiser."
MCU ROBERT KAISER talks about newsmen covering the President.
Exterior White House, Washington DC. VO talks about job of covering the President. MS of men entering the press room in the White house. MS interior of the press room. VO says cost. VO talks about how Nixon did so much for the press pampering them, but also so much in frustrating. MCUs/CUs newsmen, journalists. (not getting answers).
Ron Ziegler, White House Press Secretary takes questions.
MCU ROBERT R. SEMPLE JR. talks about covering the White House & how president controls release of news.
MCU Stuart H Loory, reporter for Los Angeles Times, speaking about the journalist in the White House.
VO talks about Public Relations for President and how under Nixon Ron Ziegler was his pr man. (he used to work for coca cola) MCU working in pressroom. MCU press room, reporters about, torsos, woman handing out papers. VO talks about Nixon's image is carefully controlled by press secretary. MCU reporters w/camera equipment spread on floor. VO talks of how press waits and waits. MCU two men playing cards.
MCU DAVID H. KENNERLY w/ camera talks about not liking what happens at press room.
DO NOT USE CUs photos.
MCU photographers walking, sitting about. VO talks about how white house is accusing the news of distortion.
DO NOT USE CU of newspaper headlines.
Stuart H Loory, reporter for Los Angeles Times, speaking about how administration is very controlling, compares it to the Kremlin.
MCU John Pierson, reporter, talks about how there is some distortion but it may be because of poor access.
MCU Simon Fentress (Time Magazine) talks about how Time used to have access to John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Baines Johnson, but no time w/Richard M. Nixon to ask about his policies. MCU Simon Fentress continues to talk about how White House makes it them and against us (the media), and division because of liberal reporters, eastern etc.
MCU Aldo Reckman talks about how Nixon has had a difficult time w/the press so it is understandable.
MCU Robert Kaiser goes states how Nixon conducts a lot of business in private, how image is not like Nixon, how government is supposed to answer to us and our right to know, selling of presidency, trouble.