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POLITICS
Press and Prejudice
How our last three Presidents got the newsmen they deserved
April
1
1974
David Halberstam
Press and Prejudice
David Halberstam
April
1
1974
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POLITICS
Press and Prejudice
How our last three Presidents got the newsmen they deserved
April
1
1974
David Halberstam
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