Founding Father: How C-SPAN's Brian Lamb Changed Politics in America
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (931 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0742558509 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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He has served as a consultant to C-SPAN, the Dirksen Center, foreign parliaments, and a number of foundations. Frantzich is professor of political science at the U.S. Stephen E. He is the author of over a dozen books, including Citizen Democracy: Citizen Activists in a Cynical Age and The C-Span Revolution. Naval Academy. He regularly provides congressional testimony on such topics as Congressiona
Book Lover said A Fascinating Character - Brian Lamb. This book is author Stephen Frantzich's look at the founding father of C-Span. Never elected to office, nor appointed to a policy-making position, Lamb's impact on American politics undeniably supercedes that of many individuals whose titles and positions imply greater influence. For over a quarter century now, Lamb's brainchild has moved from an unknown nich. Three Stars LCannon Good story.
It explores Lamb's experiences as a student in the Midwest, public affairs officer to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, White House staffer during the Johnson and Nixon administrations (including his efforts to advise and prepare Vice President Gerald Ford to assume the presidency following the anticipated resignation of President Richard Nixon), Capitol Hill press secretary, media columnist, and many other previously unknown stories. Brian Lamb has never been elected to office nor appointed to a policy-making position, yet his impact on American politics supercedes that of many whose titles and positions imply greater influence. "And just who was President Lincoln?" One can almost hear Brian Lamb's understated Midwestern intonation of an alm
With Brian Lamb's leadership, it became a window into the House and then into the Senate. Shaw Library Journal) . He was a pioneer who understood that the media sometimes did best when they got out of the way. For transparency, accountability, and citizen participation, Brian Lamb is one of the greatest innovators in American history. Buhle, Reviewer, Buhle's Bookshelf Midwest Book Review)In this first and insightful analysis of C-SPAN founder and CEO Brian Lamb, Frantzich offers not only a thoughtful biography, but, more significantly, a persuasive polemic on the values of participatory democracy.In this year's presidential campaign season, no one, as Frantzich argues, presents the American electorate with a more compelling means or reason to be energized than Lamb's network. (Walter Isaacson, President and CEO of the Aspen Institute and author of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life)Informed, informative, an