‘This is my last press conference’ Nixon said in 1962 60 years ago Richard Nixon famously told reporters at the Beverly Hilton Hotel that they wouldn’t have Nixon to kick around any more ...

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Then, with the group of newsmen accompanying him on the campaign trail, Richard M. Nixon opened the kind of informal press conference (no direct quotation allowed) that was once a standard Nixon ...

“You won’t have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.” Nixon read a summary of each morning’s news and then directed his staff how to respond ...

As we know, that wasn’t his last press conference, and reporters did have Nixon to kick around after 1962: a narrow presidential win in 1968, a massive victory in 1972, and then in 1974, a resignation ...

On the night of May 8, Nixon held a prime-time press conference, assuring Americans that the U.S. forces in Cambodia would withdraw soon and that he would keep his promise to bring home another ...

Once more, the press played an artful role on Nixon’s behalf. The Los Angeles Times dominated the Southland, and its political editor, Kyle Palmer, was California’s kingmaker.The feisty ...

IT was not exactly a knee slapper and almost seemed to be unintentional. But given the context—the solemnity of the East Room of the White House and Richard Nixon's first press conference ...

Richard Nixon tangled with reporters in the toxic atmosphere of Watergate, considering them... Search. Subscribe. Manage profile. Donate. Log in Log out. Menu. Close. Journalism you trust.

President Richard Nixon talks at a White House news briefing in Washington on April 17, 1973. (The Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) -- Thomas Jefferson railed against newspapers as "polluted ...