http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/22061/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/meacham-hawks-new-book-nbcs-today-comparing-obama-jefferson <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/kyle-drennen">Kyle Drennen</a> </div> </div> </div> <p> Appearing on Friday's NBC <em>Today</em> to promote his new book, <em>Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power</em>, author and former Newsweek editor Jon Meacham made a comparison between the founding father and the current commander-in-chief: <strong>"[Jefferson] was a tall, cool, cerebral president who won re-election, who was actually really good at politics even though he didn't want to act as though he was.</strong></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/meacham-hawks-new-book-nbcs-today-comparing-obama-jefferson" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division Barack Obama Jon Meacham NBC Thomas Jefferson Today Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:53:13 +0000 kyle.drennen 41773 at http://archive2.mrc.org