The relationship between press and politician - protected by the Constitution and designed to be happily adversarial - becomes sour, raw and confrontational. (Roger Mudd)

The relationship between press and politician - protected by the Constitution and designed to be happily adversarial - becomes sour, raw and confrontational.

Roger Mudd

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