Reading William Brinkley’s 1961 novel“The Fun House” about journalism. “The only persons in America who can order the President of the United States around with impunity are photographers. When a photographer in a no-nonsense tone barks instructively ‘Raise your hand and give us a wave now, Mr. President!’ the hand is dutifully raised, and the wave executed, usually the order is wheedling in the manner in one deals with a not overley bright child…”
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