The first fireside chat calmed an anxious nation and provides a model for today
- Written by Michael J. Socolow, Associate Professor, Communication and Journalism, University of Maine
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his advisers knew he had to do something.
The U.S. banking system faced imminent collapse; depositors around the country waited anxiously in line to withdraw their funds. To stop the run, on March 6, 1933,...
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