Fried quoted in Huffington Post article on Supreme Court nominee
The Huffington Post quoted Amy Fried, a professor and chair of the political science department at the University of Maine, in an article about promotion and marketing of Brett Kavanaugh, the nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court. The article focuses on behind-the-scenes marketing efforts to promote Kavanaugh as impartial and moderate, appealing to those on both ends of the political spectrum and everywhere in between. Much of this effort is attributed to CRC Public Relations, which has a history of promoting conservative causes. But most political influencer groups, regardless of their alignment, employ these strategies to mobilize support and supply information to the media, the article states. The difference lies in recent events. The scale of such efforts on the political right has increased significantly in recent years, Fried said, using the example of financial support for the Tea Party movement. “It’s not as if the Koch brothers were paying people to be in the Tea Party. But there was a strong, well-funded set of institutions that helped organize the Tea Party and promote their message,” said Fried. “That’s not happening to the same extent on the left. It’s a much more loosely organized grassroots type of organization. They work together, but it’s more spontaneous.” The Herdon Gazette carried the Huffington Post article.