Joe Lockhart Quotes
I expect to be more specific about how specific we will be in the future.
Joe Lockhart, White House Press Secretary [Democrat], White House Press Briefing, 2000
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And the New York press is probably the most difficult and cynical in the world.
TR worked very hard for his press coverage. He literally met with the press every day—often several times. Daily, his barber had to cut and shave with the President talking to the reporters and answering questions. The only time he stopped talking was when the barber was shaving his chin or upper lip.
Just quotation tells us something about Mrs. Roosevelt that is fascinating. Note that she tells us that she had her usual press conference. She typically had several press conferences a week. Before Mrs. Roosevelt, first Ladies did not have press conferences by themselves. She did almost wherever she went. She had more than the President did. And the presidents staff rarely knew what she was going to say. They found out about it in the next day’s newspapers. No first lady before or since then has ever had as much access to the press or as independent access as Mrs. Roosevelt.
Joseph Patrick Lockhart is a spokesman and communications consultant, best known for being the 19th White House Press Secretary from October 5, 1998 to September 29, 2000, during the administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton. Previously, he had worked as press secretary for several Democratic politicians, including Walter Mondale, Paul Simon, and Michael Dukakis. Following his work as press secretary in the Clinton administration, he was an advisor to John Kerry during his 2004 presidential campaign. He subsequently founded and became managing director of the communications consulting firm Glover Park Group, worked for Facebook from 2011 to 2012, and was executive vice president of communications and public affairs for the NFL from 2016 to 2018.
