How FDR transformed the US presidency
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FDR's Multi-Pronged Strategy
FDR realized that one of the challenges he will face as president is to get his message out to the country unfiltered by hostile editorial comment. He developed a multi-pronged strategy to achieve this and began holding regular press conferences. Many of FDR's major speeches were broadcast live on national radio, most famously those so-called fireside chats.
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