Nets Dismiss Reagan to Build Up Gorbachev: ‘East Germans Tore Down the Wall Themselves’

[See NewsBusters for more.] In order to build up the “monumental,” “acclaimed”  Mikhail Gorbachev’s role in ending the Cold War, the networks on Wednesday dismissed Ronald Reagan. On CBS Mornings, reporter Elizabeth Palmer huffed, “In the end, the East Germans tore down the wall for themselves, but Gorbachev didn't stop them.” The journalists were effusive in their praise for the communist, who passed away on Tuesday at 91. Good Morning America co-host George Stephanopoulos cheered, “Now to the death of one of the most monumental figures of our time, Mikhail Gorbachev. Tributes poured in for the last leader of the Soviet Union who presided over the end of the Cold War and steered his country towards democracy.”