Introduction : the president and the peculiar press conference -- John Adams and the imprisoned press -- Abraham Lincoln and the power of an advocating press -- Woodrow Wilson, presidential propaganda, and the suppression of the press -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the power of new media -- Richard Nixon and the making of enemies -- Ronald Reagan and the taming of the press -- Bill Clinton and the scandalized press -- George W. Bush and the war on truth -- Barack Obama and the fragmented media -- Donald Trump and the art of the lie -- Donald Trump and the year of crises -- Presidents and the crisis of the press

""Clash" describes the powerful political, technological, economic, and social forces that shape the relationship between presidents and the press and how that relationship shapes public opinion. Jon Marshall argues that journalists today have a duty to the public to report authentically - American democracy depends on it"--