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From Kent Smith to Richard Nixon. RE: Media's distortions. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 8/2/1973
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From Kent Smith to Richard Nixon. RE:
Media's distortions. 1pg.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
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KENT H. SMITH
WOODSTOCK ROAD
GATES MILLS, OHIO 44040
August 2, 1973
The President
The White House
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. President:
Thank you for your friendship evidenced by
inviting me to join you for a short discussion after
dinner Tuesday evening.
In our talk I reflected the concern of many of
your friends: that the news media seems to put distortions
and misrepresentations on your every pronouncement,
creating festering wounds that need to be healed. I wanted
to suggest an agency through which this healing could take
place.
Of all the news media agencies, the one that has
seemed to give you the fairest and most unbiased press has
been the Christian Science Monitor. I know the editor,
John Hughes, personally. I asked him if he was sympathetic
with this "healing" objective. He assured me that he was
and would be willing to go to Washington and work confidential-
1y with you. It seemed to me very important that copyrighted
copy, published identically as released, would be given world-
wide publication through syndicated news service to 180 news-
papers.
We, who know you, are aware that you work closely
with principle. There should be a way to make this understanding
of you more widespread.
Sincerely,
Kent
Kent H. Smith