Roger Mudd
publication date: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 (part of Winter 2020)
category: 
Journalism
clue: This distinguished TV reporter once derailed Ted Kennedy's presidential campaign with a single question, and it didn't even involve calling him a thief, swindler, con man, liar, and rogue.
explanation: The term "Roger Mudd moment" describes a presidential candidate sinking their own campaign with a disastrous answer to a reporter's question, after Kennedy was unable to articulate an answer to Mudd's question, "Why do you want to be president?" more…
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, and Richard Slominsky
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