This book challenges generally accepted views by concluding that
the critical press, so often characterized by pro-New Deal
historians as conservative or reactionary, was in fact a good deal
more liberal than Roosevelt and his advisors. Without its
opposition to Roosevelt's policies during the years before Congress
began to reassert its constitutional responsibilities, the United
States might well have deviated considerably from the path of
constitutional and democractic government.
From 1933 to 1938 the critical press (both newspapers and
journalists) fulfilled much of the function of (and perceived of
itself as) the equivalent of a parliamentary opposition to
Roosevelt's policies and programs, since this was a period when the
Republican opposition was moribund and Congress was generally
submissive to the executive branch. Best describes the reaction of
the critical press to FDR's domestic policies toward enhancement of
the power of the White House at the expense of Congress and the
Supreme Court. This enhancement gradually led many in the press to
conclude that the basis for dictatorial rule was being laid by
Roosevelt and/or those around him. This study will be of interest
to historians and students of history.
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