Ronald Reagan

NPR Promotes Rapper Who's Glad Reagan's Dead, Since He Introduced Coca
June 19th, 2012 8:22 PM
On Tuesday’s Morning Edition, National Public Radio promoted an Atlanta rapper named “Killer Mike” and his “politically charged” song called “Reagan.”
Somehow, they left out that Atlanta-based "artist" Michael Render ends the song with “I’m glad Reagan dead” and regurgitates the old conspiracy theory that Reagan and Ollie North imported cocaine into the inner cities:

ABC's Sawyer Suggests Reagan Would Not Be 'Accepted By Any Republican
June 18th, 2012 7:17 AM
On Friday's World News on ABC, anchor Diane Sawyer cited a recently hyped quote from former Governor Jeb Bush as the Florida Republican theorized that President Ronald Reagan "would be criticized" by Republicans today "for doing some of the things that he did."
As Sawyer recalled it, during a piece on former President George H.W. Bush, she asserted:

Missing From Media Coverage: Obama’s Historically Dismal Record on F
June 17th, 2012 10:47 PM
During the 1980s, despite data which even then was telling them they were wrong, it became a mantra of a desperate establishment press that the booming economy under Ronald Reagan really wasn't that impressive because so many of the new jobs created were part-time or temporary.
The data was not then readily available for temps, but it certainly was for part-time vs. full-time employment. It…

NBC Notes 25th Anniversary of Reagan's 'Tear Down This Wall' Speech
June 12th, 2012 10:39 PM
Uniquely among the broadcast network evening newscasts, on Tuesday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams noted that today is the 25th anniversary of President Reagan calling on Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to demolish the Berlin Wall, as Reagan stood in Berlin on June 12, 1987, and delivered his famous "Tear down this wall" speech. Williams read the brief item:

Sorry, Jeb Bush Didn’t Say Reagan Couldn’t Get Elected
June 12th, 2012 4:44 PM
The BuzzFeed Website carried an article on Monday based on an interview with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in which he said that his father, George H. W. Bush, and Ronald Reagan would have a difficult time getting nominated by today's “ultra-conservative” Republican Party in a “hyper-partisan moment.”
The only problem is that Bush never used the words “ultra-conservative” or “hyper-partisan”in…