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Fowler said later that in questioning the fairness of TV news he was merely reflecting "grumblings around the country." In particular, Fowler criticized news programs for showing President Reagan relaxing at his California ranch last September while a voice-over described the Soviet destruction of Korean Air Lines Flight 007. He also singled out NBC Correspondent Roger Mudd for a needling interview of Senator Gary Hart in March. "Is it political reporting worthy of Edward R. Murrow or Walter Cronkite," Fowler wondered, "to ask a presidential contender, during the first serious public scrutiny of his candidacy, to do a comedy...
...wouldn't bet the ranch on it [a Harvard victory in the first round], but I'd bet a dollar," he said last night...
...possible to fly from Washington to Peking in less than 20 hours. But Reagan was in no hurry. He was loose and mellow even by his own easygoing standards. The Reagans took a week getting from the White House to China, putting down for rest stops at their California ranch, in Hawaii and then on Guam...
Peking's welcome began even before the President left Washington for the first leg of his 14-day, 20,000-mile journey last Thursday (he was to spend Easter weekend at his California ranch). After insisting initially that the presidential entourage, including the press, be limited to 200, Chinese officials graciously upped the number to 560. Reagan will also be allowed to fly aboard Air Force One within China and to take along his own limousine and helicopter, privileges that were not accorded Nixon or Ford...
...conversation that day at the ranch, Reagan and I agreed on most things. On the draft, however, we did not. Reagan, as a conservative, believes that compulsory military service is an invasion of the right of the individual to free choice. Urging him to moderate this doctrinaire view, I argued that our youth should grow up with a sense of obligation to the nation...