Guthrie Grills ‘Chappaquiddick’ Star with Complaints: ‘Fictionalized,’ ‘A Disservice’

[See NewsBusters for more.] Friendly actor interviews on the Today show don’t often include detailing a list of complaints about the film being “fictionalized” and “a disservice.” But those are the attacks that NBC co-host Savannah Guthrie brought up on Thursday as she pressed Jason Clarke, the star of the new Ted Kennedy expose Chappaquiddick. The movie offers a blunt, unflinching portrayal of how the Democratic Senator abandoned Mary Joe Kopechne to drown in 1969. Using liberal talking points, Guthrie demanded: “It won't surprise you some people are taking issue with the fact this movie is characterizing this time, Bob Shrum, who worked for Kennedy, an old politico, called it a disservice.”