Taking Heat; The President, The Press, and My Years in the White House

NY: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover_clothspine. Collectible - Near Fine/Near Fine. 6.25"x9.25". 381 indexed pages. Midnight blue boards blindstamped WM. Matching midnight blue paste downs. Black cloth spine w/red metallic letters. Designed by Kate Nichols. Printed on acid-free paper. DJ design by Barbara Levine. Jacket photo by AP/Wide World. Frontispiece of Ari Fleischer w/President George W. Bush. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. minor shelf wear to DJ. SHIPPED SAME DAY W/TRACKING #. This is the story of the men and women of the White House press corps and the cornerstones of democracy: freedom of speech and the freedom of the press. Fleischer presents an in-depth, insider's view on the Washington political arena from a perspective few have seen.
Fleischer writes of his belief that the press has a bias in Washington. It's not a question of partisanship or press-driven ideology. Instead, it's a focus on conflict, particularly if it's a conflict they can attach to the President. It's the nature of the White House press corps, regardless of who's in power. The members of the White House press corps are masters at being devil's advocate, able to take with passion the opposite side of whatever issue the President supports. Fleischer's job was to calmly field their questions, no matter how pointed.
Taking Heat is an introspective exploration of the top political events in the first half of the Bush administration, as well as the candid observations of a professional who stood in the bright lights of the world stage.