NO. 1 PRESIDENT VS. MEDIA – HOW JFK WON OVER THE MEDIA ©

Photography by Pete Linforth

Featured Photograph by Pete Linforth

(Here at Precocious Life we hope that you will read the entire speech for it stands among his greatest but if not here is our “Precocious Cliff Note” version, a 2-minute read)

Visceral combativeness between the Press and the President has become commonplace in our world today to the point that it seems impossible for a Chief Executive to achieve anything significant (except for issues like relief for the Hurricane Harvey victims). So, we here at Precocious Life couldn’t help but ask ourselves;

Is this really necessary? Could this perhaps have been avoided?

Short Answer –  No and Yes

Which President has had the best rapport with the press? This one isn’t even a close call, it’s JFK. Not only did he win the Election because of the first Presidential televised debate but he understood the power of the media.

After all, his brother in law, Peter Lawford was a Hollywood Movie Star and in his earlier days he spent much time there as a single Bachelor rubbing elbows and it never ended.

President John F. Kennedy sails with his brother-in-law, Peter Lawford (left), aboard the United States Coast Guard yacht "Manitou" off the coast of Johns Island, Maine. - August 12, 1962
President John F. Kennedy sails with his brother-in-law, Peter Lawford (left), aboard the United States Coast Guard yacht “Manitou” off the coast of Johns Island, Maine. – August 12, 1962

So, he understood perhaps better than any other President before him the critical necessity of getting the media endeared to him and on his agenda. He had none of the issues with the media that Presidents do today but neither has any other President approached them the way he did.

But what we want to highlight here is the ingenuity and the incredibly intelligent way he went about this. Take a look at how he accomplished this right after being inaugurated as President.
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WHO IS THE YOUNGEST AMERICAN PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY (Hint: It’s not John F. Kennedy) © 

White House

Feature Photo “White House” by Alexey Topolyanskiy

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Here at Precocious Life We Love History and if we can find a way to give you a little inspiration against a Historical backdrop we’re not going to pass up the chance, so here goes;

I was reading something so inspiring the other night that I just had to share this with all of you so I decided to write about it in a storyline.

THIS IS THE GENESIS OF THIS STORY

I was in 9th Grade History Class and the teacher asked a history quiz question; “Class who was our youngest US President?”

This was easy, right? It’s John F. Kennedy, everyone knows that!

No, she said, incorrect. Anyone else have a guess? Well the guessing went wild, someone said it was Nixon, then Ulysses S. Grant. Someone even guessed Thomas Jefferson and then someone who had obviously never even opened the History text said “It’s William Henry Harrison”. My goodness! President Harrison was 68 years old before he assumed Office.

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