While Doris Kearns Goodwin (on MSNBC) and Michael Wolff (on CNBC) tout the societal usefulness of slime queen Kitty Kelley, you may get a quick lowdown on the media’s record of indulgence for her tall tales here.

One note from that:

In 1992, Today dropped an invitation to Richard E. Burke, a former Ted Kennedy aide who wrote a book titled The Senator, which claimed that Kennedy used the drugs cocaine and amyl nitrate in nightclubs and had regular sex with interns. Said then-Executive Producer Jeff Zucker: “In reading it over and seeing the way it was being portrayed by tabloid television, it didn’t feel right for us.”
Apparently, a book alleging cocaine use by Ted Kennedy is a serious charge which requires serious evidence before it makes NBC’s air, while a book alleging cocaine use by George W. Bush at Camp David is fantastic grist for a three-part interview.