Master 11515 Tape 1 CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT - Documentary on the history of Presidental Campaingns and the part that the media plays in American politics. 1988 Presidential Campaign - Ronald Reagan.
C/S Leslie Stahl, anecdote about REAGAN'S 1984 campaign and a story she filed about it which accused REAGAN of deliberate misrepresentation in the media.
DO NOT USE Leslie Stahl s edited piece on Ronald Reagan campaign with her voice over. Shots of REAGAN at various public appearances - Campaign speeches, meeting with FARMERS in the middle of a wheat field, at a picnic with elderly people, in a gym "working out", youthfully playing football on a beach. Stahl v.o.-REAGAN manipulates the media to show that he's not "the rich man's president" or "too old to be President". C/S Stahl, says that the White House is focusing all its attention on the media to capitalize not on Reagan's policy skills but to create a cult of personality around him.
C/S STAHL (1988), says that contrary to her expectation, the White House loved her piece because the pictures of REAGAN in the report did precisely what DEAVER intended, they overshadowed the substance of the report.
Ronald Reagan at Para Olympics.
C/S STAHL (1988), says that contrary to her expectation, the White House loved her piece because the pictures of REAGAN in the report did precisely what DEAVER intended, they overshadowed the substance of the report.