crucial. reagan carried new york state in the 1980 election. >> rupert murdoch celebrates delivering new york to reagan. and this is where the murdoch way really comes into play. >> roy cohn on behalf of murdoch, and murdoch himself, they extend invitations to the reagan team. "why don't you come visit one of the papers? how about an interview for one of our star correspondents?" and the short of it is that the reagan staff either drops the ball or doesn't care, and they rebuff him. at the time, murdoch is furious. so roy cohn in fact writes a couple of letters to the very inner sanctum of the reagan administration.