John Nott http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/22494/all en FX’s ‘The Americans’ Imagines Moment When Soviets Learned of Reagan’s Plan to Deploy SDI http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/fxs-americans-imagines-moment-when-soviets-learned-reagans-plan-deploy-sdi <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/brent-baker">Brent Baker</a> </div> </div> </div> <p> Last week’s second episode of <em>The Americans</em> (the third episode will run tonight, February 13, on FX), dramatically ended with a scene showing the horror realized by KGB operatives at the Soviet embassy in Washington, DC when they learn President Ronald Reagan intends to build “a ballistic missile shield” – aka the Strategic Defense Initiative. (video below)<br /> </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/fxs-americans-imagines-moment-when-soviets-learned-reagans-plan-deploy-sdi" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division Audio Entertainment Media history John Nott KGB Margaret Thatcher Ronald Reagan Russia Soviet Union Video Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:09:39 +0000 brent.baker 42632 at http://archive2.mrc.org