NBC's Historian Goodwin Campaigns for Democratic Senate Candidate
Before the Democratic primary vote on Tuesday in Massachusetts to
replace the late Senator Ted Kennedy, a chance to catch up with how
just before Thanksgiving, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin - a Bay State
resident and a favorite of NBC News where she regularly pops up to
deliver conventional liberal wisdom in the guise of historic insights
- crossed into partisan politics to campaign for one of the four
liberal candidates.
On Sunday, November 22, Kearns was the star at a "Women at Work" event for Steve Pagliuca, the co-owner of the Boston Celtics who is third in the polls. "Steve Pagliuca woos female support," declared the headline in the next day's Boston Herald, "Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin backs 'pro-choice' candidate."
Goodwin's Web page touts
NBC's affinity for her observations: "Presidential historian and
political news analyst, appearing frequently on NBC, MSNBC, The Charlie
Rose Show and Meet the Press."
The invitation (jpg of larger image)
for the event held at the Hard Rock Cafe featured a picture of Goodwin
and promised remarks from her on "Eleanor Roosevelt and working women
of the last hundred years."
- Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center
