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"Day-To-Day Bouillabaisse":

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"Day-To-Day Bouillabaisse":

[Thesis]

Jensen, Christopher Chase

Spinning Vietnam and Watergate in the Nixon White House

Clune, Lori

California State University, Fresno

2020

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M.A.

California State University, Fresno

2020

Focusing on the first six months of Richard Nixon's second term as president - January through June 1973 - this thesis examines the Nixon administration's press manipulations and maneuverings between the Vietnam War and Watergate. This thesis cross-checks the Nixon administration's public relations schemes, using the White House tapes, with stories on the front pages of the New York Times and the Washington Post. This work argues that depending on the day and the latest breaking news on the front pages of the daily press, Nixon and his inner circle played Vietnam and Watergate against each other. When damning Watergate news broke, Nixon deflected the public's attention to a positive Vietnam story. When news from Southeast Asia Nixon suspected would be unpopular hit the headlines, the administration stressed comments, denials, and strokes of cooperation in the Watergate case.

Media manipulation

Public opinion

Richard Nixon

Vietnam War

Watergate

White House tapes

Clune, Lori

Jensen, Christopher Chase

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[Thesis]

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