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Myths can be harmful. And perhaps the most damaging myth in modern American history is this: Ronald Reagan was a great president.
Numerous reports have been issued in recent months about negative U.S. trends that started roughly around 1980. That's not an accident...because that's the year Reagan took office.
Reagan's current historical reputation rests more on the effectiveness of the Republican propaganda machine--and the timidity of many Democrats and media personalities--than on his actual record of accomplishments.
... [P]ossibly the most insidious residue from the Reagan Years was the concept of manipulating information--what some Reagan officials liked to call "perception management"--as a means of societal control.
