During the terms of presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy, the relationship between the press and the presidency was
A. dominated by the president, who could summarily imprison a journalist who reported a negative account of the government or its measures.
B. friendly, like that between fellow members of a men's club.
C. adversarial, primarily because the press had discovered that presidential scandals helped sell newspapers.
D. strained, because the press tirelessly searched for evidence of presidential connections to Communists.
E. adversarial, primarily because the general public detested the sitting president's policies.
Answer: B
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