Former ABC weekend news anchor Carole Simpson has lately been flogging her book, NewsLady (via FishBowl DC):

Much of the book focuses on Simpson’s struggle against gender and racial barriers in American newsrooms. She was the first African-American woman to anchor a major network newscast when she joined NBC News in 1974. She was also the first woman and the first minority to moderate a presidential debate in 1992.

She’s also the first former ABC news anchor to flack a healthcare provider – specifically, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, which just launched an ad campaign in which Simpson conducts a softball interview with CEO Eric Schultz extolling the virtues of Harvard Pilgrim.

(No video available yet, but website here.)

Question for Carole Simpson:

Really?

Is what you’re making from Harvard Pilgrim worth your reputation?

Simpson’s response goes here.