From LBJ to Nixon to Obama, why the White House may ‘regret’ hassling the press

[Commentary] History shows that, although public respect for the news media currently resides in the basement, press enmity has proved to be an unsustainable — though popular — tactic for the White House. Two modern administrations in particular made press enmity a guiding force in their communications and political strategy: those of Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson.

[Troy, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, was a senior adviser to President George W. Bush]