Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics
Ninety-six years ago today, a U.S. president welcomed a new technology into the White House — one that would ultimately alter the very way Oval Office occupants communicate with their fellow Americans.The president’s name was Warren G. Harding, and what he did on this day was, well, something that our current chief executive might call traitorous. You see, Harding had been an Ohio newspaper publisher before he went into politics and what he did on this day in 1922 was a boon to the competition. President Harding installed a radio in the White House.
Source: Real Clear Politics