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Article: COVERING THE REAGAN WHITE HOUSE CAN BE A SCREAM.(Perspective)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- October 18, 1987
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Byline: Bill Plante
Why do grown men and women shout at the president of the United States almost every day?
What is it that causes some of us to behave in front of Ronald Reagan as though we never learned the rudiments of civilized behavior drilled into us by parents, teachers and Miss Manners?
A woman from Pennsylvania who wrote me, "Don't forget, you are invited into the President's home each day, you should behave like a guest," expresses what may well be the majority opinion about White House reporters as offensive louts.
But the question shouted on the run and the one-line answer have become the standard for communication in the ...