Bobby Powell

Bobby Powell was a highly sought-after interviewee{{sup| after he allegedly had an affair{{sup| with the married vice presidential candidate Gwen Lansing. Murphy Brown interviewed him after Miles Silverberg helped to secure the interview in the first place,{{sup| }} but under the stipulation of not asking Bobby whether he had the affair or not.{{sup| Murphy found out from Miles that if she refused to do the interview, Bobby would have asked Jane Pauley to do it.{{sup| Bobby confessed he was offered significant amounts of money from various people to do the interview with them, but he turned it down, saying that he just wanted the story told straight.{{sup| As a result of the publicity the alleged affair brought, he lost his job,{{sup| and his friends quit talking to him.{{sup| He also said he was recognised on the street from the publicity.{{sup| }} According to Jim Dial's introduction to Murphy’s interview, the entire affair blew up in a month after a specific photograph depicting Bobby and Gwen Lansing together in tennis clothes surfaced.{{sup| Despite the stipulations, Murphy ultimately asked him the question about the affair live on air,{{sup| after becoming suspicious of the motives of Bobby{{sup| and his agent.{{sup| Murphy told Eldin Bernecky later that night that the interview was watched by 30 million people.{{sup|