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| CBS takes the High-road on Reagan Coverage |
| 2004-06-09 |
| EFL from MRC As President, Ronald Reagan defeated Soviet communism, rejuvenated the U.S. economy and invigorated the American spirit. But only an hour after his death on Saturday â and less than 15 minutes into their live coverage â CBS jarringly focused on a bit of anti-Reagan minutia: complaints he âcashed inâ after leaving office. âTheir California retirement home, a $2.5 million hilltop ranch house in exclusive Bel-Air, was a gift from wealthy friends,â reporter Jerry Bowen reminded viewers in a pre-taped story played about 5pm EDT. âThe Reagans paid them back, but the appearance of impropriety lingered.â âIt was a trip to Japan in October of 1989 that provoked the most stinging comments,â Bowen continued. âFor two 20-minute speeches and a few public appearances, Mr. Reagan was paid $2 million by a Japanese conglomerate.â CBSâs jab was a rude interruption in a weekend of coverage that generally recalled President Reagan as a towering conservative leader who left behind a freer and more prosperous world. |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #5 Rex - small correction: Islamist/destroy America fellow travelers ride in on camels. :-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-06-09 5:39:34 PM |
| #4 you got that right Frank - totally disgusting...at the same time the chicoms where donating to the clinton ticket in '96 the commerce dept gave approval for a chicom state owned company to open shop at the la/long beach harbour...talk about helping thier intel setup shop! |
| Posted by: Dan 2004-06-09 12:37:16 PM |
| #3 CBS can bite me. The whole democrat-media complex is beginning to convulse in nausea over the public's outpouring of sympathy for the Reagan family and gratitude for what the President achieved while in office. They all want to get back to pushing "the quagmire" but the public is not in a buying mood. Oh, but those same idiots had no problem going with Abu Ghraib 24/7 for weeks, but after 4 days of Reagan, they can't take it anymore? Screw 'em and the donkeys they rode in on. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2004-06-09 11:16:03 AM |
| #2 as opposed to the ChiCom generosity to Clinton/Gore in '96 |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-09 10:13:22 AM |
| #1 âTheir California retirement home, a $2.5 million hilltop ranch house in exclusive Bel-Air, was a gift from wealthy friends,â As opposed to, say, Clinton's $8 million book deal. Must be that inflation thaang... |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-06-09 9:58:53 AM |