Murphy brown response to dan quayle biography

What was the accusation?

On May 19, 1992, during a crucial part of the presidential campaign, Vice President Dan Quayle delivered a speech on family values that came to define him nearly as much as his famous “potato” gaffe. During the speech, he criticized Murphy Brown a fictional 40-something, divorced news anchor on a popular situation comedy   for her choice to have a child outside of marriage. Quayle argued: “Bearing babies irresponsibly is simply wrong. Failing to support children one has fathered is wrong. We must be unequivocal about this. It doesn’t help matters when prime-time TV has Murphy Brown, a character who supposedly epitomizes today’s intelligent, highly paid professional woman, mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another lifestyle choice.” Quayle’s claim that Brown was sending the wrong message, erupted into a major media controversy.

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One Classic '90s Sitcom Beefed With The Vice President

The episode was massive. According to Vox, 70 million viewers were on the edge of their seats waiting for Murphy's response, a number that accounts for about 41% of all TV-watchers in the United States at the time. The cast and crew would cheekily thank Quayle when they cleaned up at the Emmys the following award årstid, and in one of the most memorable images encapsulating the fiasco, a TIME Magazine cover featured Bergen wearing a knapp that reads "Murphy Brown For President."

In retrospect, the Dan Quayle-Murphy Brown controversy is a strange chapter of American history in which politics brushed up against fiction and television's consequences felt real. Quayle and Bush lost their re-election bid, with the scandal mentioned frequently in post-game breakdowns of the campaign. A 2018 "Murphy Brown" reboot was accompanied by coverage noting that, with a Trump presidency, the world might need Murphy more than ever. Of course, the

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[1] Dick, thank you very much for the introduction. Thank you for the warm reception. Just as a point of interest, I want you to know that this is my 22nd visit to the state of California since I have been Vice President. [applause] And even though this is a presidential election year, I am not here because you have seven new congressional seats at stake. I am not here because you have two United States Senate races on the agenda. I am not here because now California has almost 25 percent of the needed electoral votes to win a presidential election. No, I’m here because I love California. [laughter and applause]

[2] Now, speaking of presidential hopefuls, I have noticed and I’m sure that you have noticed a great deal of interest in a rich Texan thinking that they should be President of the United States. Let me tell you something, and speaking personally and from a great deal of experience, I don’t think Lloyd Benson has a chance! [laughter] I was in California yesterday and I was