Reporter's losing consciousness performing deceptive move (8)
I believe the answer is:
feinting
'reporter's losing consciousness performing deceptive' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'move' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'move' could be 'feint' (feint is a kind of move) and 'feint' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for feinting that I've seen before include "Pretending an attack" , "Making a deceptive move" .)