[Kevin]

Politics aside. A very strong argument could be made that the issue here isn't politics pressuring CBS. Sure, Reagan's friends are mostly politicians. They are just concerned with the truth.

It has been demonstrated that in many cases, the authors took liberties with Reagan's views, agenda and words. They took advantage in ways that might malign him.

To put it in perspective, it'd be like making a movie about Ghandi and having him say that Christians and Muslims deserved to be reincarnated as fleas.