Its deja vu all over again.
Think back to November 2003 and a CBS mini-series on the Reagans.
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CBS President and CEO Leslie Moonves received a letter from RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie expressing alarm over the Reagan project.
Though no one at the RNC had seen "The Reagans," the letter insisted that either a panel of Reagan pals and historians screen the project before broadcast for "historical accuracy" or the network run a disclaimer crawl at the bottom of the screen every 10 minutes during the movie, advising viewers that "the program is a fictional portrayal of the Reagans and the Reagan Presidency, and they should not consider it to be historically accurate. . . .
"It would be reassuring to know that the program in its entirety . . . had been subject to review for accuracy," Gillespie wrote.
Though the letter was polite as all get-out, the point being made was unmistakable:
"If your series contains omissions, exaggerations, distortions or scenes that are fiction masquerading as fact, the American people may come away with a misunderstanding of the Reagans and the Reagan Administrations," the letter said ominously.
The Republicans simultaneously launched a Web site, SupportReagan.com, to protest the miniseries that they have yet to see. On the home page, the RNC hawks its own upcoming video, "Real Reagan."
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