"Ronald Reagan's Turn" - By Bill O'Reilly

[The Finman]

<h2><font color=#003399>Ronald Reagan's Turn</font></h2>
Next month, CBS will run a mini-series called The Reagans. Actor James Brolin will play the former president. Judy Davis will play Nancy.

But there's a big time controversy because in the mini-series, there's a scene where Brolin says people with AIDS deserve their fate. The quote from the screenplay is, "they that live in sin shall die in sin."

The problem here is CBS knows President Reagan never said that. Even the screenwriter, Elizabeth Egloff, acknowledges there's no evidence Mr. Reagan ever said anything that callous.

Ms. Egloff justifies her portrayal by saying, "we know he ducked the issue over and over again." That's quite a leap to the sin deal. And you can't make that kind of leap, even in a movie. You can't put words in a former president's mouth that portray him as a hater. That is defamation.

Talking Points realizes this drum has been pounded again and again by us, but it's worth saying again. America is becoming a defamation nation where the worst accusations imaginable are acceptable in the elite media. CBS has big problems here. There's an outcry over the situation. There's plenty of time to cut it out of the film. If CBS doesn't do it, malice will be charged.

Many Americans have an emotional attachment to Ronald Reagan. They don't want to see him smeared in a TV movie. And there are enough things that Mr. Reagan did wrong that can be legitimately portrayed as with any president.

There comes a time when society has to make a decision. Right now, defamation is selling and smear merchants of all kinds are making big money. The public is responsible for that.

If CBS includes that defamatory scene about Ronald Reagan in the movie, I'm not going to watch it. If every American did the same thing, CBS wouldn't have any viewers. And believe me, the defamation would be removed.

And that's The Memo.


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[PetMur]

Thank God for Bill O'Reilly! Finally, a voice of reason. I hope the Reagans sue CBS for everything they've got.

[hukser2]

I hope they 'own them'.

Let Nancy pull the handle and..

Flush!