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| The Clinton Sexual Predator Behind Murphy Brown's Fake Feminism | |
| 2018-10-09 | |
| [SultanKnish] The first episode of the Murphy Brown revival featured two guest stars, one who appeared on stage, Hillary Clinton, and one offstage, an old Clinton pal and accused sexual predator, Les Moonves. The only reason that the Murphy Brown revival, with its doddering cast creakily aiming cheap shots at Trump and fetid kisses at Clinton, exists is former CBS CEO and chairman, Les Moonves. It was a revival that no one asked for, but Moonves has allegedly never been shy about exposing himself to women, forcing them to perform oral sex on him, and spending CBS cash to prop up the Clintons. Moonves approved the Murphy Brown revival in two days. “Les made it all happen,” Candice Bergen, who plays Murphy Brown, told the New York Times. But then new revelations emerged about what the founding member of the "Commission on Sexual Harassment and Advancing Equality in the Workplace" had been doing to women for 20 years. As reports emerged of Moonves’ abuse of women, the feminist heroine went on defending him. “I think there should be some parameters. I think Les’s behavior was — it was a different time. He was a different man. Is it behavior unbecoming? Yeah. But I go back with CBS, with the first ‘Murphy.’ I have great respect for Les.” “I would really hate to see Les go,” she said. The “different time” included 1986, when a television executive alleged that Moonves told her he was going to drive her to lunch, but instead took her to a secluded area, “grabbed my head and he took it all the way down onto his penis and pushed his penis into my mouth.” That’s what the man who made the iconic feminist show happen was really like. Like Harvey Weinstein and Meryl Streep, there was feminism out front and sexual assault in the back at CBS. And its feminist icons acted as shields for Moonves’ monstrous abuses lulling his victims into a false sense of security. The special bond between Bill Clinton and Les Moonves that made the two men friends was no mystery. Like Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein, and Bill Clinton and Harvey Weinstein, they were both predators. Despite Bergen’s defense, Les went. And CBS’ investment in the Clintons, one that cost countless untold millions, and its culture of sexual harassment and abuse, goes with him. Murphy Brown is his final Clinton legacy. Like a negative vortex, the Murphy Brown revival only exists because Hillary Clinton lost an election. “If Hillary Clinton was elected there’d be no artistic reason for this show to be on the air,” Steve Peterman, a producer on Murphy Brown, admitted. Spite is not an “artistic” reason. But it’s good enough for the entertainment industry.
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| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 The only time Murphy Brown made me laugh is when I heard they were doing a reboot. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2018-10-09 11:12 |