Robert Scheer discusses his book, “Playing President: My Close Encounters with Nixon, Carter, Bush I, Reagan, and Clinton: and How They Did Not Prepare Me for George W. Bush.” He begins by explaining the differences between a political interview and a non-political one. He talks about his past as a journalist, his current job as a professor, and hosting a National Public Radio podcast. He praises the Internet for having important political documents and speeches readily available and easily accessible to the public. He shares stories from his personal encounters with presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan. He concludes the interview with an anecdote of how George H. W. Bush tried to get him fired after receiving bad press from one of Scheer’s interviews.
Scheer, Robert Presidents - United States - Interviews United States - Politics and government - 1945-1989 United States - Politics and government - 1989-
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