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...many print journalists suggested that the networks had been reckless-and some network executives were inclined to agree. Said Roone Arledge, president of ABC News: "A lot of information was being passed on by questionable sources." But Cronkite thought otherwise: "The Reagan people got too far out on a limb. They passed the word in the hall that the deal was set. If we were out on a limb at all, it was by taking that at face value...
Well, maybe. But more cautious reporters would have avoided that limb by checking their facts a bit harder before going public. Network reporters who did seek confirmation of the rumors seemed not to hear when their interview subjects expressed doubts. In the end, it was NBC, which got scooped on the Ford boomlet, that had to backtrack least. David Brinkley congratulated his floor correspondents at the evening's end: "I think you were alone, alone in not being taken...
...sunny day in Africa 10 million years ago, give or take a few million, Mr. and Mrs. Ramapithecus and their children were out foraging for food. Like their primate cousins in the forest, they usually swung gracefully from limb to limb searching out nuts, fruits and berries. But this day was different. A fierce rainstorm had knocked all their favorites off the branches, and the Ramas, alas, were forced to descend from the trees to find something...
...fact that he was appointed to nearly every significant post he has held. His liberal idealism is tempered by a well-developed sense of political self-preservation; he knows when to shut up. He would rather compromise and build a coalition of moderates than stand out on a limb with extremists. And above all, Fritz Mondale lacks the limitless politics ambition that governs the actions of so many of his colleagues...
...argue persuasively that these changes made sense because of the evolving situation, the switches dismayed the allies. Had they quickly followed Carter's initial tough policy, notes the ambassador of a European country, the allies would have been caught by the change: "We would have been out on a limb and you would have sawed it off. That's why we're a little wary of being told now that we have to be tough...