Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard released a book on Ronald Reagan back in September. ‘Killing Reagan: The Violent Assault That Changed a Presidency,’ is a book that claims to take you behind the scenes of what really transpired after Reagan’s assassination attempt, which took place only two months into his Presidency. However, since its release, their book has faced harsh criticism from those who have studied the life of Reagan, worked along side him, and have written countless articles on his legacy.
In this best-selling book, there are no endnotes, no bibliography, no long list of interviewees and only a smattering of footnotes. There is a section titled “Sources,” but it is only two-and-a-half pages long. It includes about two dozen sources, but that is not adequate for a subject, Ronald Reagan, who has been the focus of thousands of books and articles and who was one of the most consequential political figures of the 20th century. The works of three of us are not noted at all, and between the four of us, we have written 19 books on Reagan, not to mention countless articles. The sources section does, however, reference long-questionable works, including the sensational 1991 attack by Kitty Kelley — which is clearly incorporated throughout the book — and the 1999 biography by Edmund Morris, roundly criticized for its intermingling of fact and fiction.
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Unfortunately, “Killing Reagan” shows that the old misinformation (if not disinformation) still remains with us, like a demon that cannot be exorcised. It regurgitates and resurrects much material that we had thought (and hoped) was dead and done.
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