Smith was insulated from reports of Moses’ abuses by a compliant press

Evidence

In the opinion of those close to the Governor, he didn’t realize how drastic the methods were that Moses was using to accomplish his aims. He didn’t understand that Moses was going beyond the actions of other appointees, handling protesters with needless harshness, stirring up protests by his arrogance, creating problems where there need not have been problems. “Particularly with little people,” Emily says; “I didn’t think that Father really knew how Moses was treating them.” And there was, of course, no reason why the Governor would; they didn’t have his ear or, since he seldom read even memos from appointees and almost never letters from the public, his eye. And the press, which might have publicized their complaints, was firmly in Moses’ corner. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 1154

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Moses edited and sanitized public audit reports of his agencies — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 4778; Presse editors suppressed scandal coverage out of faith in the Moses myth. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 4043; The Papp fight converted the New York press from Moses’ protector into his investigator — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 4230

Broader Connections

• Presse editors suppressed scandal coverage out of faith in the Moses myth. #corroborates (0.85) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 4043
• The Papp fight converted the New York press from Moses’ protector into his investigator #complicates (0.80) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 4230
• Moses edited and sanitized public audit reports of his agencies #expands (0.75) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 4778