In the hours after Reagan’s passing, the most praise many
insiders could muster was he was a nice guy who told funny jokes. This was
pervasive in the cable and network coverage during the following days as well.
He was not entirely and not always under siege during his years away from
Washington beginning in 1989. There was the occasional intellectually accurate
and historically correct portrayal of Reagan the man, Reagan the political
leader, and Reagan the world leader. Often, though, they got things both large and small about
Reagan wrong. The elite media had miscalculated Reagan. Even in death.
Only after a giant blowback by the American citizenry did some come around, by
the end of the week of the official period of mourning for Ronald Wilson
Reagan, and even then often only grudgingly....To Read More....
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