Your own post proves my point. Morris mentioned in his book that he had thought Reagan an "apparent airhead." The Today Show wasn't the only one that played that up when the book was released, nor was it the only thing Morris said about Reagan that was unflattering. The Today Show played up the apparent conclusions of the author, no doubt to create interest in, and boost ratings for, the Morris interview.
You need to recall that Morris spent a lot of time with the Reagans in writing the book, and the Reagans felt betrayed by the result. The book was viewed, at least by the Reagans, as unflattering. Morris backed off much of what he had written when he was interviewed by Couric, no doubt in response to the wave of criticism levelled his way.
You can be critical of the Today Show and other media generally for the frequent attempts to sensationalize the news simply to boost ratings. But the promos for the Morris interview resulted from Morris's statements in his book.
Couric noted that Nancy Reagan called her personally after the Morris interview to THANK HER for confronting Morris and helping to clear the air. Certainly Nancy Reagan didn't think Couric had set out to bash Reagan. So why did you?
Wave a name like a flag, will'ya? Why not wait and let Mrs. Reagan speak for herself on present issue, and not be so impulsive to throw up the fancy beggar's shield of dropping a fancy name so as to blunt a valid argument.
You see, and you should learn to understand a true bit of natural politeness perhaps unknown to you, that as elected President, as Commander-in-Chief, as Chief Federal Executive, as a leader in the Republican Party, as a leader in the conservative moment, as a movie star, as a TV star, as a speaker, and as a professional personality, Mr. Reagan enjoyed an association with us that was independent of his marriage to to Nancy.
In other words, we can and should feel slighted by an attack on his character, given that we knew the man in our own way too.
It is exceedingly vain and venal for you or anyone to deny that we or Ann Coulter have any say worth hearing by throwing out that false bait about Nancy.
By bringing up an externality like that to diminish the the unrelated points we make, you have engaged in a subtle form of slander. Subtle, but clearly slander against us.