Newt Gingrich Quotes
This [the Bush administration] is a print administration, not a television administration.
Newt Gingrich, U.S. Congressman (Republican, GA), Speaker of the House, Quoted in The Washington Post, April 30, 1989
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Commenting on media criticism of her:
The George W. Bush administration was a very ideological one as opposed to pragmatic. They would not tolerate public officials who would say anything that might undermine an administrative ideological position. In particular, they did not want government scientists releasing any data or information that was not totally consistent with their ideology and program. They introduced a new policy within the government whereby no one could talk to a reporter or make a public speech or deliver a professional paper without first getting approval of administration “public affairs” agents first. Government scientists and other officials had never before been censored like this. Important scientific studies were not made public where they might not support the administration ideological positions. This is how the NASA public affairs official explained his role.
She was the first person in politics who realized that with TV, the visual image of the background for the President would be a critical factor. However, it would not be until the Ronald Regan Presidency until the process became a critical political craft if not an art form.
This is the earliest use of “spin” and “spin doctors” in a political context that we have found.
Newton Leroy Gingrich is an American politician and author who served as the 50th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 6th congressional district serving north Atlanta and nearby areas from 1979 until his resignation in 1999. In 2012, Gingrich unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination for President of the United States.
