Hoey Michael and McEnery Anthony. The Linguistics of Political Argument

Routledge, 2003. — 280 p.This book examines the relationship between the White House, in the person of its press secretary, and the press corps through an analysis of the language used by both sides. A corpus was compiled of around 50 press briefings from the late
Clinton years. A wide range of topics are discussed from the Kosovo crisis to the
Clinton–Lewinsky affair. This was a particularly intriguing and stressful time in
the White House–Press relationship.