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 The show that became a flashpoint in the U.S. culture wars in
1992 returned to the air for the first time in 20 years with
star Candice Bergen again playing the pioneering journalist.
In Thursday's episode, Clinton walks into the newsroom to
interview for a job as Murphy's secretary. The former secretary
of state claims that she is not Hillary Clinton but someone who
looks like her and has a wealth of experience.
"Your reputation precedes you, but I want you to know I'm not
afraid of hard work," Clinton said to Murphy. "I'm qualified and
I'm ready on day one."
Murphy asks the job seeker several questions, including one
about her experience with technology. "I do have some experience
with emails," Clinton responded.
Clinton faced criticism during her losing presidential campaign
against Trump in 2016 for using a private email server for
official correspondence.
The fictional Murphy Brown became news in 1992 when Vice
President Dan Quayle attacked the character for having a baby
outside wedlock. Quayle said the show was glamorizing single
motherhood and "mocking the importance of fathers."
TV networks have resurrected several hits from the 1990s but
Bergen and "Murphy Brown" creator Diane English have said they
would not have brought the CBS series back if Trump had not been
elected.
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In the new episode, Murphy Brown has come out of retirement to
host a cable TV morning show alongside fellow journalists Frank
and Corky (Joe Regalbuto and Faith Ford) and producer Miles
(Grant Shaud) to provide the type of news she feels is lacking.
"Here's the novelty - it's going to be factual," Murphy says to
her son Avery (Jake McDorman), now 28 and a journalist who works
as a liberal voice on the conservative Wolf Network.
After she and her co-anchors are told to "amplify our brand"
across social media, Murphy promptly provokes a Twitter war with
Trump, making a joke about his hair and shouting "You bring it
on. Hashtag Dan Quayle."
The character later regrets it. "I wanted to do a show that
didn't resort to name-calling," Murphy says. "This is why people
don't trust the press anymore."
(Reporting by Lisa Richwine; Editing by Paul Tait)
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