‘Missing the Point’ on Hostages, Iran and Reagan
President Reagan likens the American news media to circling sharks that smell blood in the water. Sharks are savage, instinctive, eternally hungry creatures with tiny, primitive brains. The President’s analogy is most accurate.
ARTHUR HANSL
Pacific Palisades
The Times is receiving about 50 Reagan-Iran-contra letters a day; the sentiment is 10 to 1 against Reagan.
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