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Fireside chats is the term used to describe a series of 30 evening radio addresses given by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt between 1933 and 1944. Roosevelt spoke with familiarity to millions of Americans about the promulgation of the Emergency Banking Act in response to the banking crisis, the recession, New Deal initiatives, and the course of World War II. On radio, he was able to quell rumors and explain his policies. His tone and demeanor communicated self-assurance during times of despair and uncertainty. Roosevelt was a great communicator on radio, and the fireside chats kept him in high public regard throughout his presidency. Their introduction was later described as a "revolutionary experiment with a nascent media platform".[1]
The series of fireside chats was among the first 50 recordings made part of the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress, which noted it as "an influential series of radio broadcasts in which Roosevelt utilized the media to present his programs and ideas directly to the public and thereby redefined the relationship between President Roosevelt and the American people in 1933."
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chuckstevens
(1,201 posts)The greatest president in US history!
Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)whathehell
(29,090 posts)by historians.
To this day, Republicans continue to try to destroy to his New Deal programs -- The ones that brought millions out of poverty and into the Middle Class.
America needs a NEW 'New Deal'
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)The complete opposite of anything that comes from Trump.
Side note, is he still making those ridiculous weekly videos about his "accomplishments"? I watch/read way more news than I care to admit. I have never even bothered with those.
3Hotdogs
(12,406 posts)Roosevelt explained that the bank does not keep your deposited money in a vault. It loans the money.
McChimp, if you recall, showed a couple of pieces of paper from a drawer, somewhere in West Virginia, and explained how these were the value of your SS account. Therefore, we need to change SS.
BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)niece who goes to college in DC. They were selling them at the Dem office she works at part-time. My family is 3 generations of Dems. My grandmom who died a few years ago at 103 years old would have made it 4 generations. I think that yelling at the GOP on TV all her life made her live long since she was able to vent her frustrations. That behavior seems to run in the family.