So Reagan's Friends Are the Real Villains?

Indeed, many liberal media types argued that for CBS to pull The Reagans after determining it was biased set an alarming precedent. On CNBC Tuesday night, future NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams blamed "mostly Republican pressure groups" for the movie's cancellation, asking former Reagan aide Mike Deaver whether CBS's decision was "dangerous." He asked New York magazine's media critic Michael Wolff, "Do you believe what has happened here with this mini-series on CBS amounts to extortion?"