How ‘Murphy Brown’ Turned an Unplanned Controversy Into a 44 Million-Viewer Business Lesson

A controversy with the former Vice President boosted the show into the stratosphere.

A controversy with the former Vice President boosted the show into the stratosphere.
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For David Bradshaw, beekeeping has always been a family affair. Bradshaw, 70, is the second-generation owner of Bradshaw Honey Farms in Visalia, California. His father, Howard Bradshaw, founded the farm in the backyard of their home in 1958. As a young child, David Bradshaw remembers playing outside and “learning not to get too close” to…