This Is The Big One!
More from When Character Was King by the WILF (Wonk I'd Like To be on Fraters) Peggy Noonan regarding the games Reagan would often play with the media:
One time CBS News brought in a lens that was used to look at the moon, then used it to shoot videotape of the Reagans at their leisure. The cameras were so good with the lens they could see right into the house. They often took shots of Reagan riding the trails , which they used on the news. Reagan didn't like this, thought it was a bridge too far in terms of the privacy he'd had to give up.
So one day, knowing they were up there with the lens, the president went out the front door, walked onto the patio, grabbed his chest and fell to the ground pretending to have a heart attack. He lay there for a few seconds as far away producers shouted and cameramen tried to load their film. They were grabbing their phones to the networks when Reagan got up, waved to them in a jolly way and clicked his heels.
What a great man.
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