On the February 4 edition of the Need to Know program on PBS, co-host Jon Meacham — formerly of Newsweek — seemed to agree with HBO filmmaker Eugene Jarecki’s hostile characterization of former President Ronald Reagan: "Basically we have a President who treated the poor poorly, did not tend to the sick, broke laws, committed nearly impeachable offenses by your own reporting. Why should we be lionizing him in the broad public domain? You certainly don't."
Ex-Newsweek Editor: Reagan "Treated the Poor Poorly" and "Broke Laws"
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