The press hated President Reagan's with great zeal. They saw him, and this a quote from Tom Hayden(I interviewed him in a car as it drove around the Russell Senate Office Building), as the killer of the New Deal.
I never encountered one person at a WH press briefing, or at an event outside on the south lawn, such as the return of the American hostages from Iran, nor a formal press conference in the East Room, who didn't think that Reagan was an old man who got along on his quaint stories and personality. They loathed him.
BTW, one of the most dangerous places in Washington, D.C. is between a TV camera and Connie Chung. Wow!
Facinating. Consider a vanity posting of your experiences. A lot of folks on FR would like it.
"one of the most dangerous places in Washington, D.C. is between a TV camera and Connie Chung..."
Let me know if you do a vanity post, please.