Episode 996 • • 41:01 - 45:07
996: Rats on a Plane
Ronald Reagan 1984 Bombing Joke, Historical Media Context
In 1984, President Ronald Reagan made a famous joke during a microphone check about outlawing Russia and beginning bombing in five minutes. Historical news reports from Marvin Kalb show that while the Soviet Union went on a brief military alert, the U.S. media at the time was less hostile toward the President's rhetoric than modern media is toward Donald Trump.