"Betwixt and Between": Woodrow Wilson's Press Conferences and the Transition Toward the Modern Rhetorical Presidency

Abstract

Although Woodrow Wilson institutionalized the press conference as a routine feature of presidential opinion leadership, he detested his news meetings and did not use them effectively. Wilson bore no personal animosity to the press but rejected the culture of news the press represented, for reasons central to Wilson's theory of presidential leadership. His rejection of this news culture is discussed in terms of the progressive culture in which his views were nurtured. Despite having inaugurated the routine press conference, Wilson was ''betwixt and between" two periods in American politics rather than the founder of a new tradition in presidential opinion leadership.

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